{"id":7850,"date":"2010-11-23T20:14:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T00:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2010-11-23T20:14:21","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T00:14:21","slug":"whats-the-point-of-health-2-0-some-answers-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2010\/11\/whats-the-point-of-health-2-0-some-answers-this-time.html","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the point of Health 2.0? (Some answers this time)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the point of all this technology if it doesn&#8217;t motivate behavior change?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what we <a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/archives\/2010\/01\/whats-the-point-of-health-2-0.html\" target=\"_blank\">debated <\/a>almost a year ago and now I&#8217;d like to bring up the same question, but with a few more examples. 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