Table 1.
Current social networking tools, mobile apps, and online programs: Analysis from Medicine 2.0 perspectives.
| Requirements | Worka | ||||
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Everyday Health | PatientsLikeMe | HealthVault | Doctle | |
| Social networking |
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Relationships and interaction types | – | – | – | – |
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Network structure | + | + | – | – |
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Egocentric network | + | + | – | – |
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Graph metrics | N/A | N/A | N/A | – |
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Relevant members | + | + | – | – |
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Content and main topics | + | N/A | – | – |
| Participation |
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Asynchronous communication | + | + | + | + |
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Synchronous communication | – | – | – | – |
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Mechanisms for encouraging participation | – | + | – | – |
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Promotion of various kinds of participation | – | – | – | – |
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Security and privacy of the user’s personal information | + | + | – | + |
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Information protection | + | – | N/A | – |
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Interest identification | + | + | – | – |
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Expertise identification | – | – | – | – |
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Attention level | – | – | N/A | – |
| Apomediation |
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Autonomous operation | + | + | – | – |
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Decentralized environment | + | + | – | – |
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Informal learning | + | + | + | N/A |
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Synchronous communication | – | – | N/A | – |
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Message credibility | N/A | N/A | N/A | – |
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Information filtering | N/A | N/A | N/A | – |
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Detection of opinion leaders | – | – | N/A | – |
| Collaboration |
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Location awareness | – | – | – | – |
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Contextual information | + | + | N/A | – |
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Opportunistic collaboration | + | + | – | – |
| Openness |
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Content formats | – | N/A | N/A | – |
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Semantic integration | N/A | N/A | N/A | – |
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Transparency | + | + | – | – |
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Free access | + | + | + | – |
a+: the application incorporates the attribute; –: the attribute is not incorporated; N/A: the attribute analyzed was not found or it was not mentioned in the paper or website of the tool.