Comments on: Health care or Health snare? http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/ Same old blog, brand new place Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:28:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Acai http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-81675 Acai Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:53:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-81675 There’s much to be desired in today’s medical establishment which can’t hurt by decentralizing the database of millions of patients’ records. There’s much to be desired in today’s medical establishment which can’t hurt by decentralizing the database of millions of patients’ records.

]]> By: wWorkouts http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-79421 wWorkouts Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:19:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-79421 If you could get this to work in the emergency department setting somehow, I think patients could receive better care. It is hard to collect patient data when they are in distress. If you could get this to work in the emergency department setting somehow, I think patients could receive better care. It is hard to collect patient data when they are in distress.

]]> By: ProjectVRM Blog » Blog Archive » A VRM Proposal http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-78184 ProjectVRM Blog » Blog Archive » A VRM Proposal Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:17:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-78184 [...] a very interesting approach to challenges such as personal health care data control (discussed over here). It’s a “private identity network” or PIN. Here’s what it does: 1. [...] [...] a very interesting approach to challenges such as personal health care data control (discussed over here). It’s a “private identity network” or PIN. Here’s what it does: 1. [...]

]]> By: Acai Berries http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-73748 Acai Berries Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:56:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-73748 Do you believe this is going to be a mainstream solution for medical establishments around the world or do you think this will be something that will be a fad for the immediate future? Do you believe this is going to be a mainstream solution for medical establishments around the world or do you think this will be something that will be a fad for the immediate future?

]]> By: Acai http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-27912 Acai Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:04:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-27912 There's much to be desired in today's medical establishment which can't hurt by decentralizing the database of millions of patients' records. There’s much to be desired in today’s medical establishment which can’t hurt by decentralizing the database of millions of patients’ records.

]]> By: New Software Offers Chance To Revolutionize Health Care | Social Media Explorer http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-25989 New Software Offers Chance To Revolutionize Health Care | Social Media Explorer Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:00:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-25989 [...] Health Care Or Health Snare? [...] [...] Health Care Or Health Snare? [...]

]]> By: Adrian Gropper http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3189 Adrian Gropper Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:30:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3189 It depends what Doc means by "decentralized". Scattering my private health information among the uncountable labs, clinics, schools and hospitals that provide services to me may be decentralized but it simply turns the privacy problem into an identity management problem. It's easier to think about my information as an aggregated portfolio with simple interfaces and clear access controls. A fully decentralized system is possible if one assumes a constellation of HealthVault-like hosts competing for each consumer's medical portfolio account. To the extent that it has standard Web interfaces for content management and single sign-on, a HealthVault account is just one example of a HealthURL: a global address associated with exactly one individual - just like OpenID. http://adrian.medcommons.net/2007/10/12/patient-id-on-the-internet/ is a short paper I just posted that links OpenID to HealthURL. It depends what Doc means by “decentralized”. Scattering my private health information among the uncountable labs, clinics, schools and hospitals that provide services to me may be decentralized but it simply turns the privacy problem into an identity management problem. It’s easier to think about my information as an aggregated portfolio with simple interfaces and clear access controls.

A fully decentralized system is possible if one assumes a constellation of HealthVault-like hosts competing for each consumer’s medical portfolio account. To the extent that it has standard Web interfaces for content management and single sign-on, a HealthVault account is just one example of a HealthURL: a global address associated with exactly one individual - just like OpenID.

http://adrian.medcommons.net/2007/10/12/patient-id-on-the-internet/ is a short paper I just posted that links OpenID to HealthURL.

]]> By: CCUCEO http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3034 CCUCEO Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:51:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3034 <strong>Microsoft Announces HealthVault...</strong> From ZDNet: Microsoft plans medical-record service Interesting. And it's a good step, one that's in the right direction. It's not perfect. But...we can build on it, so to speak. The first thing I thought when I read it was...target-rich environment.... Microsoft Announces HealthVault…

From ZDNet: Microsoft plans medical-record service Interesting. And it’s a good step, one that’s in the right direction. It’s not perfect. But…we can build on it, so to speak. The first thing I thought when I read it was…target-rich environment….

]]> By: JTH http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3020 JTH Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:55:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3020 First thought was HillaryCare meets Billy and Steve (Gates & Ballmer) But concept is interesting I keep my vitals on spreadsheet (annual bloodwork, BP, etc etc etc) and my HSA provides log of scripts/billings for procedures as well as tips on cost savings... for instance, Rx for 2x dosage and cut pills in half - saved a bundle this year. I'd also look at ties to sources like WebMD or www.nih.gov/ for data on conditions, tips etc. Boomers will be looking more and more for help/ideas etc. Esp. as employers, private as well as public, push more responsablity to the employee for their own well being and we see more push for preventive medicine. Sorry that PCForum is no longer, Esther did a lot of talk in this area a couple years back. Ciao First thought was HillaryCare meets Billy and Steve (Gates & Ballmer)

But concept is interesting
I keep my vitals on spreadsheet (annual bloodwork, BP, etc etc etc) and my HSA provides log of scripts/billings for procedures as well as tips on cost savings… for instance, Rx for 2x dosage and cut pills in half - saved a bundle this year.

I’d also look at ties to sources like WebMD or http://www.nih.gov/ for data on conditions, tips etc.
Boomers will be looking more and more for help/ideas etc. Esp. as employers, private as well as public, push more responsablity to the employee for their own well being and we see more push for preventive medicine.

Sorry that PCForum is no longer, Esther did a lot of talk in this area a couple years back.

Ciao

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3016 Doc Searls Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:50:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/#comment-3016 Doug, the VA's success story is an isolated one. And, as that article says, centralized government-run health care is at political odds even with the current administration. What I'm proposing here is not a new health care system, but rather an approach to personal health care that will improve the data on which all the disparate sytems we face can operate. Doug, the VA’s success story is an isolated one. And, as that article says, centralized government-run health care is at political odds even with the current administration.

What I’m proposing here is not a new health care system, but rather an approach to personal health care that will improve the data on which all the disparate sytems we face can operate.

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