Patient Centered IT

This post with the story of Bill Claxton a patient suffering from a rare neuroendocrine cancer called carcinoid is amazing. It shows how a patient claims a patient centered approach and achieves to succeed. Success is owed to

developing a surgical plan, and
assembling a multidisciplinary medical team

all done by himself. This is an outstanding [...]

It may be intuitive for some people for others not. The more you know the healthier you live. A study  investigating the influence of health literacy on the occurrence of hypoglycemic episodes in diabetic 2 patients reveals a significant relationship:
http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2010/051910diabetes.html
The following quote depicts one main aspect of health illiteracy in this study
Serious hypoglycemic events occur [...]

The aim of this blog is not to do advertising for particular products but to document also the importance of commercial patient centered product developments. I try to keep the balance.
But this application seems to hit a general need. And it’s simple such that matches the KISS principle. Check out this Article on Healthcare [...]

In her post on e-patients.net Susannah Fox gives a couple of data about the relationship of patients and their willingness to use the internet to communicate.
Her central point
However, the internet does not replace doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.  93% of people living with chronic disease turn to a health professional [...]

A recent post by ROB LAMBERTS in The Health Care Blog about the importance of primary care physicians made me rethink the relationship of patients, doctors and information systems. To me the role of family primary care doctors is undisputable.
Part of the reason is given by ROB himself:
The solution from an overall cost standpoint [...]

Very important findings from a study commented in Healthcare IT News emphasize the significance of careful application of
Healthcare IT or Patient Centered IT tools. They are by no means a general purpose solution for anything what is wrong in healthcare nor a substitute for
face to face encounters between patient and physician. In fact an EMR [...]

WoHIT 2010 was taking place this week in Barcelona. Seems that Patient Centered Technology received considerable attention. Will come back on this.

I’d like to recite a post by Healt Tech Wire on a panel discussion about the changing relationship between patient and physician
http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5302a6735b6.0.html
Technology must assume responsibility here.
I deliberately take out astatement of Antoine Geissbuehler, MD, [...]

A recent discussion in the
Health Care Blog caught my attention:
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2010/02/by-matthew-holt—-the-not-huge-world-of-health-20-participatory-medicine-and—epatients-has-been-fretting-itself-about.html
I support Mathtew’s view:
So I’m bemused by Darthmed’s demand that “Health 2.0 – prove yourself quickly or step aside” Health 2.0 is part of a much larger societal process, and it ain’t going anywhere while there are sick people and while technology evolves [...]

With Patient Centered IT we try to document applications to put patients in control. This norwegian system for diabetes control shows this in an impressive way.
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/33376
“It would not been possible to develop this tool without involving people with diabetes over a period as long as two years,”
This is the central issue. Whether we deal with [...]

IF AIR TRAVEL WORKED LIKE HEALTH CARE
The case for Patient Centered IT.
The bit i like most:
‘Is anyone else cheaper?’
‘Sorry Sir, i wouldn’t know that’