2001 Lancet article interview with Mark Bard, Denise Silber foresaw today's Health 2.0 sector

In preparing my notes for the Health 2.0 Europe conference in Paris April 6,7, I came across a 2001 article in which Marilyn Larkin interviewed Mark Bard and myself.

The article was written just after the crash of the first internet bubble.

If you read Mark Bard's and my comments, you will see that we both spoke of a second stage, where web sites woud go beyond content to practical applications

We were in fact predicting the arrival of Health 2.0

I in particular spoke of the "rise and fall and rise" of the internet health sector.

OK, so I wasn't expecting it would take 9 years to reach the level of interest we see today...But as they say in French, when you love, who's counting?

PS I'm sorry I'm printing this article from Lancet...But it is 9 years later...and for a good cause!  Téléchargement Silberlancet-page