Month: June 2005

  • bio-diversity revisited

    Previously, I wrote on the topic of bio-diversity as related to standards (read post here). I read an interesting post on slashdot.org that is prompting me to re-visit the idea of bio-diversity in health care, and specifically in eHealth. As we know from our high-school biology classes, “bio-diversity” means having a variety of biological matter,…

  • A patient-specific DNS?

    Here’s an interesting opinion piece by John Halamka, titled “Health Care Needs a DNS for Patients” available from Computerworld.com. Basically, Halamka argues that there should be a better way of accessing and locating patient information that is stored in physician offices, hospital records, patients homes, and wherever else patient information is stored. He argues that…

  • Disruptive Technology #5: Patient reports

    Trust. Who do you trust? Who do you trust to take care of you and your family? The disruptive technology profiled in this post is: Consumer reports and ratings. When we go to purchase a consumer good, most people do some research before making a purchase. Today, much of this research gets done online via…