UNDERSTANDING MEDICINE 2.0 - Social Network Analysis and the VECoN System

Sam Stewart, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

2011

Abstract

Web 2.0 provides new and valuable tools to the world of medicine, and Social Network Analysis (SNA) can provide insight into how these communication networks function. This paper explores the potential for SNA methods to explain the communication patterns in the Pediatric Pain Mailing List, including identifying content experts and isolating potential subgroups of interest. These results are incorporated into VECoN, a novel network visualization designed to improve the standard network exploration process by presenting the network graphically and incorporating SNA statistics into the presentation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Stewart S. and Sibte Raza Abidi S. (2011). UNDERSTANDING MEDICINE 2.0 - Social Network Analysis and the VECoN System . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-34-8, pages 70-79. DOI: 10.5220/0003167100700079

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf11,
author={Sam Stewart and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
title={UNDERSTANDING MEDICINE 2.0 - Social Network Analysis and the VECoN System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={70-79},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003167100700079},
isbn={978-989-8425-34-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - UNDERSTANDING MEDICINE 2.0 - Social Network Analysis and the VECoN System
SN - 978-989-8425-34-8
AU - Stewart S.
AU - Sibte Raza Abidi S.
PY - 2011
SP - 70
EP - 79
DO - 10.5220/0003167100700079