# Medical Social Networks Figure 1 Acts as a Medical Social Network That Connects Doctors By Ell Smith | Published 2017-06-20 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/figure-1 References: [psfk](https://www.psfk.com/2017/06/medical-social-network-plans-use-ai-save-lives.html) & [figure1](https://figure1.com/sections/careers/) Figure 1 is a medical social network that connects doctors, surgeons and nurses together online to help diagnose patients. Although trained extensively, medical professionals often need a fresh pair of eyes to help them diagnose and treat unusual cases. This medical social network was developed so doctors can anonymously upload [case photos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/medical-imagings) and information, in order to receive potentially life-saving feedback from other medical health care professionals. The software allows doctors to see other cases in real time, and helps questioning doctors gain a different perspective they may not have received had they only consulted internally. Figure 1 aims to expand the [knowledge network](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/network-tree), "finding ways to extract value from the tens of thousands of real medical cases in our library." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 39% | Activity: 28% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Health](https://www.trendhunter.com/health) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Online Medical Collaboration:** The development of medical social networks enables doctors to collaborate online and get fresh perspectives on unusual cases, creating opportunities for disruptive innovation in telemedicine and remote healthcare services. - **Real-time Medical Case Sharing:** Real-time case sharing among medical professionals via medical social networks brings opportunities for disruptive innovation in medical diagnosis, treatment, and knowledge discovery. - **Anonymity-enabled Medical Discussion:** Medical social networks that prioritize the anonymity of doctors provide opportunities for innovative discussions, opinions, and feedback exchanges that can improve the quality of medical decisions and patient outcomes. ### Where This Applies - **Telemedicine:** The rise of medical social networks creates opportunities for telemedicine providers to offer collaborative diagnostic and treatment services that leverage real-time medical case sharing among doctors. - **Healthtech:** As medical social networks gain traction, we'll see disruption and innovation opportunities in healthtech that bring medical professionals together for collaboration and networking, creating better patient care and outcomes. - **Medical Research:** Medical social networks have the potential to provide vast amounts of real-world medical data, which can be leveraged by medical researchers to improve their understanding of diseases, treatments, and outcomes. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Professional Networking Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/justnetwork.md) - [Live Digital Medical Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clirnet.md) - [Social Networking Hubs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/internet-social-caf.md) - [AI-Driven Surgeon Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aidriven-platforms.md) - [Professional Network Visualizers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/graphone.md) - [Connection-Focused Health Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/circles.md) - [Hybrid Healthcare Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/doctronic.md) - [Long COVID Digital Communities](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/myhealthteams.md) - [Online Mental Health Communities](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/side-by-side1.md)