Health 2.0 and Lack of Control of Information
The world seems so much smaller. It seems as though everyone has an opinion.
Is it true the more “followers” one has the more valid the person being “followed?” Has this become like a status symbol of expertise or something? Has this become the status symbol of a leader?
More and more consumers are turning to the internet for medical information. This can be good… but at the same time, I question the validity and the reliability of the information they receive. I recently watched a presentation that suggested that consumers tend to place the same level of value of what others in their same situation believe as they do their physicians. I have mixed feelings about some of the Health 2.0 networking that occurs. I think it can be great from a support group kind of perspective; I’m a bit leary about consumers telling each other “what worked” for them.
It seems as though everyone has a blog these days. Everyone has a right to an opinion. What if that opinion is wrong? What if the information being shared is wrong? How much impact does a blogger have on consumers? Who “follows” the blogger? How strong is the alliance between the blogger and the “followers?”
I’ve decided that if I see something that really, really seems to be inaccurate about physical therapists, I WILL step in and comment.
My Google Reader fed me a recent blog post: The Ugly Truth About Physical Therapists. I couldn’t bear to let the post go without an appropriate comment. Poor Jamie still didn’t understand and a follow up comment was definitely required in Personal Trainer vs Physical Therapist - the “deathmatch.”
I don’t know about the rest of you, but it is irritating to have a lack of control of what consumers can learn about physical therapists. Who knew that personal trainers, according to Jamie, are becoming more and more similar to physical therapists? What a bad, bad seed to plant for consumers….
Anyways… be an advocate for physical therapists. Who knows what we do or have to offer better than ourselves? Help consumers understand their options.
~Selena
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