Dentro de sus capacidades y recursos, Facebook ha desarrollado herramientas diseñadas para cubrir las necesidades en materia de Digital Health de toda persona sin excepción y, así, disminuir la brecha desigualitaria de acceso.
Throughout its journey, the social network Facebook has renewed its system and has adapted to the media circumstances that surround the whole world.
En este sentido, y con la aparición de las nuevas tecnologías que renuevan la forma de ejercer servicios de salud, ha creado una herramienta llamada “Salud Preventiva”, la cual está incluida en el mapa de la Digital Health.
The efforts of this tool are solidified by establishing a connection with nearby health centers after having carried out a survey where the user registers their medical data.
Once this first step is completed, the social network links an interaction with the closest places to attend the cases depending on the complete analysis and comparison of the data provided.
The main engine for implementing health services is to combat the main causes of death such as cancer and heart problems.
Groups to get support
Preventive Health also offers the option of finding groups with common health issues to create a network of users who provide strategies, advice and recommendations that help improve the quality of life of each one.
Creating communities that function as chains linked by a common goal will strengthen the results and will be based on the protection of each person's personal data to transmit security.
Blood donation
Another of the issues in which Facebook innovates is in the subject of blood donation, which has become relevant in social networks.
Given this, there is the possibility of volunteering to donate just by registering personal data and having passed the requirements; thus, the same network links and shows the closest hospitals to perform the procedure.
Program against fake news
In addition, there is the plan that tries to combat false and misinformed news about vaccination, since much information is incomplete or distorted and wants to discredit this action.
The strategy that was determined consists of identifying those publications and users that are viralizing campaigns against vaccines and, subsequently, limiting this type of publication so that, instead, Facebook offers links to the official pages of organizations such as the WHO. that contain detailed, real and error-free information.
Big Data to prevent suicides
Finally, the company has developed, through Big Data, Artificial Intelligence to be able to detect potential cases of suicide and be a support for those people who are going through difficult times in their lives.
The programmed algorithms are capable of detecting words and phrases that allude to severe depressive states, to automatically send support messages to the user and offer them a catalog of specialists so that they can take therapy and treat their problems.
In conclusion, the sum of all these facilities contributes to the progress of an effective and real-time methodology whose goal is to prevent diseases in time to avoid them or, failing that, to have the necessary tools for their treatment.
