“Virtual Communities with a Mission” in the Health Care Sector
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Virtual communities can take over various roles in the health care sector. We develop the concept of a virtual community with a mission, i.e. a community that actively pursues objectives in research or quality management in health care as the nucleus for a support community of patients. In this paper we review the state of the art in virtual communities and the state of the art in virtual communities in the health care sector. We develop the concept of a virtual community with a mission and discuss technological and implementation issues as well as open questions.
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