Facebook jumps into health care

Facebook is planning to jump into the medical market, an area that is said to be quite fertile for today's technology companies.

The unnamed source said Facebook's plan is still in development and completion. Specifically, the company is looking to create an online " community support " platform, which helps connect Facebook users who have many diseases together. Another small group in the project is also researching applications that help people improve their lifestyles.

In the last few months, news experts have reported that Facebook is constantly holding meetings with experts and businesses in the health industry to collaborate on research and health care applications. Previously, the head of the company was also very concerned about health care but had to suspend this project after the products were supposed to be more urgent. However, recently, Facebook realized that health care is also a tool to retain users using this social network.

The members of this project said they will create an environment for people with chronic diseases to learn about disease information, share knowledge, get advice from experts and the community. At the same time, this Facebook project will not encourage members, especially pharmaceutical companies to take advantage of Facebook ads to sell drugs.

The privacy issue of this channel is also a lot of interest when Facebook recently apologized to users when collecting personal information for research purposes. To solve this problem, Facebook can allow users not to use real names when sharing health-related issues.

Frank Williams, executive director of Evolent Health, a company specializing in providing medical software and services, said:

" I find Facebook can do good applications for life and health, but patients with diseases like cancer should not waste their valuable time . ".

Williams added that people need to remain anonymous and have a mechanism to ensure that their health information will not be shared with members of their friends, advertising and listing companies. especially pharmaceutical companies.

When asked about this project, Facebook declined to comment at this time.