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My staff spends too much time collecting and processing insurance information -- and the paper forms we use to collect medical history are so 20th century. Isn't there a better way?

Yes. Technology can guide patients and other professionals tag relevant information as easily as you tag photos on Flickr -- and get more and better information for you even before you see your patient. That gives you more time to zero in on a diagnosis and talk things over with your patient. CLOUD means higher-impact and more focused care.

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Health 2.0 Europe: A Personal Health Record (PHR) By Another Name…

Apr 7

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Health | 3 Comments

As I sit here at the start of Day 2 at Health 2.0 Europe, I can’t help having a sense of deja vu.  Not just the deja vu that comes from being at a previous Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco, but the deja vu that comes from the feeling that the field of Health 2.0, not the conference, is just passing the old threshold of electronic data interchange (EDI).  As Matthew Holt set the stage for this portion of the Health 2.0 Tools session, he commented that “it is becoming a data utility layer rather than a personal health record.”

Unfortunately, watching Roni Zeigler show off Google Health, it is clear that there is not even a real data utility layer for health.  This is not to say that Google Health is not breaking important new ground, but the idea that I have to import information from the Cleveland Clinic or any other source is what gives me that feeling of deja vu.  For all the prowess of Google, this is just a Web 2.0 version of the old EDI approach to moving information.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Health 2.0 Europe: Tagging… From Monet to the Internet

Apr 6

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Health | No Comments

It is such a joy to be in Paris in the springtime!  The weather here is almost as beautiful as the weather at Health 2.0 in San Francisco last October.  The air is fresh, the flowers are blooming, and speakers from over 13 countries will be presenting at Health 2.0 in Paris.  The program is being hosted at the Cité Internationale Universitaire of Paris.

With the program commencing at 1pm today, I decided to join my wife on a walk of the Seine this morning and a visit to the Musée d’Orsay.  With a limited time at the Musée d’Orsay, I felt compelled to visit the impressionist and postimpressionist works.  They are my favorites.  As we looked at some Monets, I noticed something very intriguing about each of his works and for that matter all of the painted works in the Orsay’s collection. As important as the works themselves, it was equally important to the artist to put their WHO and WHEN tag on their works.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Cerf has the question… CLOUD has the answer

Jan 12

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Standards | 1 Comment

Cerf urges standards for cloud computing

In this recent Infoworld article, Vint Cerf, as always, asks the right question. The answer to his question is to return to the basics of the Internet that he created. The “inter-cloud” problem he described most recently at the Churchill Club stems from popular acceptance of HTML 15 years ago. While HTML sparked an Internet boom, it made people look at the Internet as a way to connect Web pages, not people.

Securing user data scattered among large numbers of Web silos is complex and consumes huge amounts of every users’ most valuable resource: time. The solution isn’t another identity standard or method for data portability. It’s a paradigm shift.

CLOUD’s technology standard is that shift. Read the rest of this entry »

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CLOUD Transcends Net Neutrality

Nov 3

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Standards | 3 Comments

Internet Renaissance Man Gordon Crovitz posits in his latest Wall Street Journal column, “Will the Internet Survive its 40th?” that it’s sometimes “wiser for mortals to stand aside and leave technology to advance at its own pace. After its first 40 years delivering freedom and abundance, the Web has earned the benefit of the doubt.”

CLOUD doesn’t take positions on legislation and regulation like “net neutrality,” but it agrees about the power of technology.

The power of the Internet comes from connecting people and democratizing access to content and conversations. Unfortunately, the importance of users isn’t fully considered in pending net neutrality legislation or Federal Communications Commission regulatory proposals. Users simply aren’t seen as potential participants in the ultimate decisions of legislators or regulators.

In any event, using technology like CLOUD’s Context Markup Language (CTML) to empower individuals to find the right balance of price, speed, and capacity for themselves will ultimately make the entire net neutrality debate obsolete.

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Reflections on Health 2.0 Conference: Day 1

Oct 7

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Health | No Comments

Payments. Meaningful use. Populations. Communities. For as many interesting ideas that were presented on day one at Health 2.0, these points of friction in the health value chain appear to be the barriers to change.

Much like HL7 and CDISC have only 15% adoption due to privacy concerns, these topics, payments especially, appear to be the elephants in the room at Health 2.0. Read the rest of this entry »

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Health 2.0 Conference: Health 2.0 Meet ME 1.0

Oct 2

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The Design Center concourse in San Francisco could not be a better venue for the upcoming Health 2.0 Conference.  For all of the debate that is raging about health care, reform, insurance companies and the rest, the issue at hand is really one of design.  The theme, User-Generated Healthcare, is itself a design issue.

Places of the Soul, by Christopher Day, makes the point that architecture must begin based on where the designed structure is to be placed.  As he notes in the book, studies have shown that there is strong correlation between recovery time at the hospital and patient view, with every leaf being ‘worth its weight in gold.’  Design matters.  The Health 2.0 team has architected an excellent agenda that looks at the design issue of the healthcare system from the perspective of the patient.  I am excited to be attending and look forward to the possibility of CLOUD presenting its new vision and language during the Human Centered Design Contest.

CLOUD believes that the Internet needs a new design, too, an architecture based on starting from a new place, the individual.  ME 1.0 looks forward to meeting Health 2.0 and engaging in a new blueprint for the future!

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Combining Health and the Vast Power of the Internet

Sep 29

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Advertising Age reports that the FDA will hold hearings on how drug companies use Web 2.0. And just in time, too, as the world marches toward Web 3.0. Don’t tell the FDA, but their regulations could be obsolete if Web users unite behind a new standard that puts individuals — not companies — in charge of their own data. CLOUD has published two papers on the standard as work to move from the Internet corporate Web paradigm to the Internet personal connection paradigm proceeds apace.

Consider this as you watch the FDA’s work in this area: Why limit improving health tools to the Web alone? The Internet’s power to connect people goes far beyond the browser paradigm. Check out CLOUD’s perspective from a higher altitude.

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