I’m looking forward to attending the apparently sold-out Health 2.0 conference next week in San Francisco. I’ll be moderating a session on Content, Navigation and Advocacy (see day 1 of agenda here) with a great collection of panelists and demo presenters.

As my increasing blogging about Health 2.0 suggests, the IxCenter is increasingly interested in the intersection of the Ix and Health 2.0 movements, and all those in attendance next week will be the first to learn about a really exciting development along these lines.

Many of the questions ruminating through my head as I think about what will be discussed next week include:

• How can the evolving delivery system retain the best of Health 0.0 and 1.0 (e.g., trust and personal relationships) on the route to Health 2.0 (with much greater user-focused functionality)?
• To what extent are Ix and Health 2.0 synergistic vs. dichotomous? More importantly, what are the keys to maximizing those synergies?
• How do you actually build Health 2.0 into existing care delivery systems?
• What are the pros and cons of the “expert” vs. “wiki”approaches to knowledge creation in health care?
• What’s the future role of the doctor? Is it true to its Latin roots (literally, “to teach”)? Is the physician role a navigator, a contextualizer, a consultant, or something else?
• To what extent will human vs. automated infomediaries guide consumer decision making and navigation in the future?

Tune back here next week and also to the IxCenter home page for new and exciting Ix-Health 2.0 news!

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