Dr. Ted Eytan has revised the definition of Health 2.0 here.

What’s even more interesting is that the definition was wholly crowdsourced, with participation from many constituents (including yours truly) and e-Patient Dave.

It’s a good read (optimistically, clearly worded, patient-centric) and can serve as a manifesto for advancing towards ‘what’s next’ in healthcare.

Meanwhile, Anne Zieger, editor of Fierce Healthcare, headed up her daily e-newsletter with the introduction of a two Health 3.0 firms (Health 3.0 = content + community + commerce) I’ve not seen covered anywhere else.

Here are portions of her commentary:

“…lately, a new form of interactive forum has sprung up that makes it possible for a patient to have what could be termed an instant telemedical consult with a provider–immediately and on the spot. On JustAnswer.com Health, patients can pose question of just about any kind–and in exchange, are asked to pay a fee typically ranging from $9 to $15, on average.

Another site, LivePerson.com, allows the patient to have a live text chat or even a phone call with the provider right away, anytime of day or night, as long as the provider has made themselves available. LivePerson.com customers pay a per-minute fee of $2.99 per minute or more for an experienced specialist MD, or less than $1 per minute for some naturopathic and New Age healing practitioners. Users can consult directly with a pharmacist if they aren’t comfortable with their meds, a social worker or psychologist if they’re having a mental health crisis, or a cardiologist if they’re having troubling cardiovascular symptoms (though one would hope, of course, that they’d go to the ED first!).

For those who are online-savvy, you’ll see that these sites are a natural outgrowth of such efforts as Yahoo Answers, which gives users the chance to pose a question and pay a small fee if someone provided an answer they liked. But the extent to which real-live, on-demand medical information is being offered here is another beast entirely.”

Anne states she’s used the services to get a “second opinion on a drug interaction issue” and was pleased with the experience.

She also thinks these “platforms will work serious changes into the way online medicine is delivered. What we’re calling an ‘e-visit’ now will pale beside the live text, voice, and eventually web conferencing sessions doctors will be able to hold.”

I’m wondering if she’s seen Health 2.0 companies like American Well in action…

Anne’s asking for input - email her by clicking on the name: Anne

As Susannah Fox, of Pew Internet & American Life project says, “the horse is already out of the barn.” Free-range health is on the way.

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