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Comment on New “body browser” tool by Katerina Jackson

Katerina Jackson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:40:12 +0000

I agree, Donna. Google app of the body looks really good. We do have our own body Avatar inside the Diary for registering a body-related symptom though. This is one of the the features that attracts the users – being able to click on the body (no health-related literacy is needed).

Comment on The Healthcare IT Puzzle: Something is missing… “Oh yes, the patient!” by Kathryn Nobrega

Kathryn Nobrega — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:09:07 +0000

Yes, policy has to be patient centric. And it is. It is not possible to design policy which covers everyone. I am quite easy with current health care policy (and I am not obama supporter)

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Comment on New “body browser” tool by Donna Menner

Donna Menner — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:06:47 +0000

The Google App of the body is fantastic, and yes would be great with Lifetime Health Diary. Love the ability to “peel” away the body layers – so informative – so much better than looking at a diagram in a book.

Comment on Health should not be a burdensome task on our daily “to-do list” by To PHR or not to PHR

To PHR or not to PHR — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:06:48 +0000

[...] to the statistics in a previous post, only about 9 percent of the US population uses a Personal Health Record (PHR). The low adoption [...]

Comment on Tools to assemble all the pieces of primary care data together by Tools to assemble all the pieces of primary care data together – Part 2

Tools to assemble all the pieces of primary care data together – Part 2 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:15:11 +0000

[...] Thursday (see my post from last week) I gave a talk to the General Practice Research Group at Otago University. one of the two main [...]

Comment on Are you ready to find out what your doctor is saying about you? by OpenNotes research into opening EMRs to patient viewing

OpenNotes research into opening EMRs to patient viewing — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:15:15 +0000

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Comment on Hospital hand-offs and medical errors by Better hospital hand-offs for patients with multi-med regimes

Better hospital hand-offs for patients with multi-med regimes — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:26:37 +0000

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Comment on Time to take control of the situation…”e-patient advocates” by Hamish

Hamish — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:44:20 +0000

The better the health record that we can leave our health professionals to more fully understand our own unique clinical story, the better.

And if that story is shared with our permission amongst clinicians who are caring for us, even across disparate data silos, then finally we may really be in a situation where we can rely on their judgments and treatments without continually checking every step.

Although, since we ourselves have a better idea of how our body feels than anybody else, then I think that even in a world of perfect medical data, there will always be an active role for us to engage in our health care along with our health professionals.

Comment on “Smart pill”? “Smart Contact Lenses”? Age of Sci-Fi… by Hamish MacDonald

Hamish MacDonald — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:03:49 +0000

Eric, thank you for your comment.
Cheers,
Katerina

Comment on I have no access to my own health info… by Hamish

Hamish — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:22:10 +0000

Hi K,
You mentioned this yesterday, but reading your situation in print made the ridiculousness of trying to get information out of “the system” in a timely manner absolutely clear.
This is a really good example of how the system needs to conform more to our needs as patients and people.
Hamish