The purpose of this article is to explore some of the possible contributions of the emerging field of Collective Intelligence to Healthcare investigations, in particular to the examination of the actions of healthcare services. To this end, a brief review of the general and specific literature on the subject is necessary, from which one can extract elements for outlining a first level of studies in the healthcare field, from this perspective. We also try to highlight the connection of this level of studies with the problems of the field of Collective Health, widely explained already. Finally, we discuss its ethical and political implications.
collective intelligence; public healthcare; healthcare services; primary attention to healthcare