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Is digital health technology empowering patients?
Author(s) -
Robinson Leslie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of medical radiation sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 2051-3895
DOI - 10.1002/jmrs.20
Subject(s) - computer science , digital health , health care , political science , law
This brief commentary explores how Web 2.0 technology is leading to a new kind of digital health technology. It considers what this might mean for the patient–practitioner encounter; whether practitioners are signed up to the notion of shared decision‐making, and whether patients feel empowered and confident to make decisions about their care.

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