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Towards Universal Health Records
Recently, Microsoft Corporation announced the launch of Health Vault, a new, free service that allows anyone who needs an individual’s health information to view it online. While this is a […]
MicroSoft & e-Patients?
Personal Heath records have long been an issue for e-Patients. Today MicroSoft announced that they have the answer: www.healthvault.com. Although no launch date announcements have been made by Google, the […]
Is Your Diagnosis Wrong?
One of the greatest benefits of the internet is its empowerment of patients by providing them with health information. We all know that doctors are human and make mistakes. Furthermore, […]
Gov Gab on Organic Food
USA.gov just launched a blog and one of the first posts explains the 4 categories of “organic” food, a good basic tool for people trying to avoid hormones, pesticides, etc. […]
The Business of Survival
The Boston Globe today has a great article that, to me anyway, really illustrates the amazing resiliency and imagination of the human spirit when faced with the unthinkable. It describes […]
This just in from Health 2.0
Yesterday was the landmark Health 2.0 conference (user-generated Healthcare) held in San Francisco. The event was hosted by Matthew Holt and Indu Subalya, MD. Originally envisioned as about a hundred […]
Google Health’s Adam Bosworth Leaves
In a surprising move that caught many in the industry off-guard, titan Google announced that the leader of its stagnant online health initiative has left the company. You can read […]
The Democratization of Academic Medicine
A post many weeks ago by Andrew Leonard in his blog “How the World Works” mused about the significance of the declining number of publications from “top” academic economists. It […]
Health 2.0 in The Economist
Health 2.0. It’s all that people can talk about some days in the online health world. It has no definition, though, it’s not much more than the nebulous “Web 2.0,” […]
Poor and Elderly E-patients
The current issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved features an article based on a August 2006 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life […]
“Good enough” technology
What else out there in the e-patient world is “good enough” (or not)? It might be OK if your diet and exercise plan is just “good enough,” but you want your surgeon to strive for perfection. What are some other examples of “good enough” technology or care?
Making the world a better place …
I checked my calendar today, 7/7/07 and found two important events — Live Earth concert and Tom Ferguson’s birthday. In honor of Tom’s birthday, I decided to wear my e-patients […]
