Table 1.
List of health social networks (information current as of 12/23/08).
| Legend: | QS: quantified self-tracking |
| ES&IS: emotional support and information sharing | CT: clinical trials access |
| Q&A: physician Q&A | N&I: networking and information |
| Name and URL | Focus | Services |
|---|---|---|
| General health social networks | ||
| PatientsLikeMe
http://www.patientslikeme.com |
General: 16 conditions, ex: ALS, MS, HIV/AIDS | ES&IS, QS, CT |
| CureTogether
http://www.curetogether.com |
General: 175 conditions, ex: endometriosis, migraine | ES&IS, QS |
| MedHelp
http://www.medhelp.org |
General: tracking, physician Q&A | ES&IS, Q&A, QS |
| Inspire
http://www.inspire.com |
General: over 1,000 health and wellness groups, journaling | ES&IS, CT |
| DailyStrength
http://www.dailystrength.org |
General: 600+ conditions | ES&IS |
| OrganizedWisdom
http://www.organizedwisdom.com |
General: 60 conditions, referenced research citations | ES&IS |
| WellSphere
http://www.wellsphere.com |
General: 50+ communities, ask an MD feature | ES&IS, Q&A |
| MDJunction
http://www.mdjunction.com |
General: 750+conditions, physician listings and marketplace | ES&IS, Q&A |
| ehealth forum
http://ehealthforum.com |
General: physician Q&A; 1.2M questions logged on the site | ES&IS, Q&A |
| HealthChapter
http://www.healthchapter.com |
General: 715 groups | ES&IS |
| Trusera
http://www.trusera.com |
General: 23 main topic areas | ES&IS |
| iMedix
http://www.imedix.com |
General: information, support and answer response | ES&IS, Q&A |
| Wellescent
http://www.wellescent.com |
General | ES&IS |
| WeGoHealth
http://www.wegohealth.com |
General: answer response from health activists | ES&IS, Q&A |
| Experience Project
http://www.experienceproject.com |
General: members, stories, discussions | ES&IS |
| Peoplejam
http://www.peoplejam.com |
General | ES&IS |
| Cause-specific health social networks | ||
| TuDiabetes, http://tudiabetes.com dLife,http://www.dlife.com SugarStats, http://www.sugarstats.com |
Diabetes; SugarStats offers self-tracking | ES&IS
ES&IS ES&IS, QS |
| Prostate Cancer Info Link
http://prostatecancerinfolink.ning.com |
Prostate cancer | ES&IS |
| I’m Too Young for This
http://www.imtooyoungforthis.org |
Youth with cancer | ES&IS |
| CareFlash, http://www.careflash.com Care Pages, http://www.carepages.com |
Personal webpages to share health updates with family and friends | ES&IS |
| WeAreDiabetic.org, WeAreCeliac.org
http://weare.us |
General/support: 14 communities | ES&IS |
| Physician social networks | ||
| Sermo
http://www.sermo.com |
General: free membership to verified physicians | N&I |
| Medscape Physician Connect
http://www.medscape.com http://tiny.cc/pRhuj (detail) |
General: free membership to verified physicians | N&I |
| Asklepios
http://www.asklepios.ca |
General: Canadian physician networking and collaboration tool | N&I |
| MedicalExchange MEDTING
http://www.medting.com |
Online research, publishing and case collaboration with images and videos | N&I, Collaboration |
| OR-Live
http://www.or-live.com |
Online surgical and health care video and webcast communication platform | N&I, Collaboration |
| The Doctor’s Channel
http://www.thedoctorschannel.com |
Doctors learning from each other via short streaming video clips | Education |
| Additional medical industry physician and scientist social networks:
http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/24/community-sites-for-scientists-and-physicians-the-list | ||