A new web tool to take control of your health

[y66]

of possible interest http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/technology/06bosworth.html

The long-term answer to improving the health of the nation’s population and curbing costs, experts agree, is to help people make smarter decisions day in and day out about their own health.

 

... "The goal is not just health care information, but knowledge about what that means and what action to take,” said Dr. John D. Halamka, chief information officer at the Harvard Medical School, and a member of a federal advisory group on electronic health records. “And that is what Keas, and others in different ways, are really starting to think through.”

 

... Keas, said Jim Giuffre, president of Healthwise, has a feature that is distinct from other health services online. “They have developed the technology to make decisions from personalized data,” Mr. Giuffre said. “We think it’s going to help consumers make better health care choices.”

[kenberg]

I like this a lot!

 

At its best, health care in the US can be excellent. It is very often far from at its best and this seems to have great potential.

[y66]

This guy is real. Good interview here: http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_healt...bosworth-s.html

 

Blog: http://adambosworth.net/

[PassedOut]

This guy is real. Good interview here: http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_healt...bosworth-s.html

 

Blog: http://adambosworth.net/

Thanks for the links! I did sign up and the registration worked smoothly. When I get some time this evening, I'll take a closer look at how it works.

[y66]

I signed up too. Had to manually refresh a few screens that did not load to completion automatically but otherwise pretty smooth for beta s/w. I'm trying to figure out how to import diagnostics from Quest Labs.