How the health IT gold rush game will be played

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It's an interesting concept

On one side you have the regionals and on the other you have new
ideas in data access.

I need more than average medical data available to me and use my
iPhone for the primary portable storage. (A wallet card is the portable
"backup")

With this very cheap approach I can carry digital copies of all imaging,
including x-rays, CT Scans and a PET/CT Scan and present them to a
doctor for viewing using Osirix. Other data is in Bento, or images of
various reports.

I can see copies of lab reports being delivered to me via email at some
point, and doctor files also available.

What I believes that will me is that the big Health IT systems are giong
to need to bend to devices available to doctors and patients. We're
talking about computers, devices like the iPhone/touch and probably
the emerging world of tablets.

An example of the pressure I see from these individual level devices
would be range of professional apps for the iPhone/touch that are
available to doctors, students, nurses, etc. on the AppStore. The range
under Health goes from free to professional references that cost
hundreds of dollars. Tell doctors the new system won't work with an
iPhone is a kiss of death for new Health IT products.

Posted by: Ken_z   Posted on: 09/29/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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