tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694822185932524193.post369256157165881936..comments2023-12-27T06:31:50.532-05:00Comments on Health Management Rx: Growing the Tree Trunk - An Argument for User-Friendly Personal Health PlatformsJen S McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12280837167883024960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694822185932524193.post-42137540392190484682009-02-16T10:55:00.000-05:002009-02-16T10:55:00.000-05:00it's a good thing that you add alcohol intake moni...it's a good thing that you add alcohol intake monitoring to your daily exercise. It is important because people nowadays understands that alcohol is also a dangerous stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694822185932524193.post-75579059355009111112008-11-21T14:03:00.000-05:002008-11-21T14:03:00.000-05:00I have been researching Health care Management sit...I have been researching Health care Management sites recently looking to add some valuable educational resources. Your blog is interesting and informative. Have you ever considered writing a post about some very reputable online degree programs in Healthcare Management? I think including information on your blog about these programs as well as direct program page links could prove very convenient and beneficial to your site and it's users. It's likely that many of the users that enjoy your site could be looking for information on programs where they can earn their degree from home. (or looking for higher rated schools/programs that may be lacking in their communities). Please contact me with any questions/information you may have.<BR/><BR/><BR/>PS Something to consider: this past week was National Distance Learning Week, a lot of people who have taken part in writing about the programs I represent have tied the two together.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for your time,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Kristin BabiarzUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073290208965640141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694822185932524193.post-45140450000000920462008-11-19T13:56:00.000-05:002008-11-19T13:56:00.000-05:00Hi Jen,Agree with most of your post, particularly ...Hi Jen,<BR/>Agree with most of your post, particularly the lack of good design principles in most consumer facing health apps today. They really are pretty bad. RWJF has done a reasonably good job with the PHD project, but my beef with them is that they are totally disconnected from the marketplace and as far as I can tell, have no tech transfer strategy in place. H*ll, anyone can build a cool piece of technology - its the getting it to market that is often the hardest part.<BR/><BR/>A couple of points where I differ:<BR/>First, I am a strong proponent of using the term consumer for the simple need to break down the paternalistic approach of the healthcare establishment. This is not something that they will give up easily and they throw around the patient moniker as a way to keep consumers in their place.<BR/><BR/>Second, as much as I admire what Apple has done with the AppStore and have written extensively on it over at Chilmark Research, it is not a true platform, only a subset. Dossia, Google Health and HealthVault are indeed true health platforms, or nice trees from which others will sprout.<BR/><BR/>Still very early in the game of consumer-facing health apps. Lots of work to do, but it sure is a great place to be right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694822185932524193.post-72619773400433150272008-11-18T23:51:00.000-05:002008-11-18T23:51:00.000-05:00So how does one get more involved with this missio...So how does one get more involved with this mission? I agree - it should be user centered design and as a social media person myself who recently contemplated taking a picture of my laptop with its 3 missing keys, after waiting months for my university to get me a new one, the primary tool for my work, U seriously considered taking a pic, loading it to flickr and sending it out over the ether. It is just a matter of time as we have just seen with the Motrin debacle. Power lies with the people....and it is time we started thinking about them as discerning. GREAT POST!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694822185932524193.post-46052530914299924112008-11-18T23:05:00.000-05:002008-11-18T23:05:00.000-05:00Funny you should mention this- just this afternoon...Funny you should mention this- just this afternoon, I was in a conversation about how wretched the user experiences of most PHR systems were, and I mentioned that if anybody could make a PHR that actual humans would want to use, it would be Apple. Really, all they've got to do is set up some sort of Health Vault-esque service to allow health-related iPhone apps to share information amongst themselves, and they'd be almost there.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648247617479738747noreply@blogger.com