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Healthcare organizations are undergoing major reorganizations and adjustments to meet the increasing demands of improved healthcare access and quality, as well as lowered costs. As the use of information technology to process medical data increases, much of the critical information necessary to meet these challenges is being stored in digital format. Web-enabled information technologies can provide the means for greater access and more effective integration of healthcare information from disparate computer applications and other information resources. In this chapter various examples of web-based applications in healthcare area have been described and the core benefits of the web-based applications have been presented. Social networks hold considerable potential value for health care organizations because they can be used to reach aggregate information and leverage collaboration. As more patients use social networks to track their health conditions and care, industry organizations have an opportunity to interact with the members of these online communities and to leverage “real world” data sets to inform new treatments and care pathways.
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Lazakidou, A.A. (2016). Social Networks and Web-Based Applications in the Healthcare Sector. In: Lazakidou, A., Zimeras, S., Iliopoulou, D., Koutsouris, DD. (eds) mHealth Ecosystems and Social Networks in Healthcare. Annals of Information Systems, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23341-3_11
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