The Value of Online Communities
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More informed, more empowered
Alberto E Tozzi
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What patients want
Being informedHave access to medical informationParticipating in communities of peersBetter hospital serviceResearch meeting their needs
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Widen the network of people we can talk withIncrease the velocity of these conversationsInject them with more source materialAllow to archive contentsMake them searchable
Social networks…
Susannah Fox
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How families of patients with rare diseases use the web
41,8
70,8
17,2
7,3
Tozzi AE et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013
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70% of patients with disabilitiesuse the Internet
Tozzi AE, in press
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Which information families of patients with rare diseases search
Vaccines
Further pregnancy
Nutrition
Alternative therapies
Physical activity
Second opinion
Prevention of complications
Diagnosis
Specialty health provider
Therapy
Disease characteristics
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Tozzi AE et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013
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Effect of information found on the web
Changed my physician
Changed food habits
Increase anxiety
Useful for diagnosis
Improved disease management
Discussed with physician
Increased comprehension of disease
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Tozzi AE et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013
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Effect of participating in online social networks
Increased likelihood of discussing with physicianUseful for recognizing diagnosisImproved the management of disease
Tozzi AE et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013
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Clinical study recruitment
Only10% of patients with chronic diseases participates in clinical studies on their disease
Nearly 75% of phase II-III studies are delayed because of insufficient recruitment
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Timian, Am J Med Qual, 2013
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What if…
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Patient centered questions
Expectations
Given my characteristics, my conditions and my preferences, what will happen to me?
Options
Which options, which potential risks and benefits should I expect?
Outcomes
What I can do for improving the outcomes of my disease that I feel most important?
Decisions
How clinicians and the health care system may help me to take best decisions on my health and on my healthcare paths?
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How do your disease impact in everyday life?
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Science should not be a luxury
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Why not involving young patients in research?
Children get bored in reading long and complicated documentsIf children do not participate they will be scared and confusedAdults should not assume they know what young people want
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Email??? No one uses email! We use Facebook chat to:CommunicateStay up-to-dateCheck medicationMeet other patients and others
Der Velden et al., J Am Med Inform Assoc 2013
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…my doctor has prescribed me to participate in an online community of patients…
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…my doctor has prescribed me to use a free application for my smartphone that:
provides high quality informationconnects me with other people with the same diseaseallows me to track how I’m feelingtracks how medications are performingsyncs with my wearable sensorsuses my past data to track my progress…data will be continuously monitored by my doc
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