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Contrary to PHR Vendor Hype, Privacy Remains the "Elephant in the Room"
Featured in: Hippocrates
A slew of recent stories offer clues to what would really chill widespread PHR adoption. Privacy issue just will not go away.A few weeks ago I posted some commentary on the battle of Google vs. Microsoft in PHR arena. My thinking was that the motivation to use such tools could prove to be a bigger obstacle than privacy.
Looking at recent PHR coverage I would opine that privacy still might end up being the biggest issue after all. If anything as a key "de-motivator" of adoption, even if not spoken directly. Make no mistake, what PHR vendors say about their intentions does not matter. It is what consumers and providers hear.
So what DO they hear and what does this MEAN?
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Let's Celebrate The 4th Of July By Updating The Star Spangled Banner: A Call For Wellness-Based Reforms To De-Glorify Bombast
Featured in: Wellness Report
Suggestions for a kinder, gentler and prettier national anthem.Author Info
Trusted.MD Weekly #127. June 30 2008.
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Do branded cosmetic skin clinics deliver?
Featured in: Skin Care & Beauty
Dr. Rajan T.D. Dermatologist compares branded cosmetic skin clinics to private dermatology clinics. The article helps readers to choose the right one.Do branded cosmetic skin clinics deliver?
Dr. Rajan T.D. MD, DVD, DNB
Specialist in Skin & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Reputation Wars, Terms of Use and The Strange Case of Dan Walter vs. Hugh Calkins
Featured in: Hippocrates
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. A few thoughts on freedom of speech and our new Terms of Use.Everyone who has followed this site knows that I have always been a staunch supporter of free speech. The culmination of the efforts to promote openness in healthcare was compilation of HealthTrain Manifesto almost 2 years ago.
A lot happened since then. We had many chances to see how such principles play out in the real world, what works and what does not. Unfortunately, sometimes free speech can go too far. The need for common-sense limitations was probably best put by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes known for saying "The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins".
What were the specific events that prompted some re-thinking?
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More gym-class time does not lower child obesity
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
Gym class does not appear to do anything to reduce child obesity. What can you do to help an overweight child? Or yourself?This news from the Canadian Pediatric Society conference held in Victoria, British Columbia, at first glance may seem surprising. Exercise helps one lose weight, right? Well according to this analysis of studies of school activity interventions done on 10,000 children in BC comparing Body Mass Index (BMI) before and after the intervention, there was no change in BMI, even in the studies where the activity interventions lasted three years. The studies analysis did show improvements in health measures like blood pressure, bone density, aerobic fitness and range of motion, but none of the studies showed a drop in bodyweight. This follows on the heels of another study done on 900 teens in grades 10 to 12 in the Vancouver area studied by researchers at University of British Columbia and McGill University in Montreal, who found “… there appeared to be no link between body mass index (BMI) values and levels of physical activity”
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
Personal Health Profiler Alpha is ready for public review
Featured in: Quality Advocate
The Personal Health Profiler 2.0 Alpha, which supports the Whole Person Integrated Care model, is now ready for public review.It's been a while since my last post since I've been working round-the-clock these past few months to prepare the Personal Health Profiler 2.0 Alpha for public review. It is the first personal health application to support the Whole Person Integrated Care model.
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, software inventor, President/CEO of National Health Data Systems, and a principal of the PHIN Consortium, a group of I.T. vendors and health consultants offering innovative healthcare products and services. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective RHIO architectures using disruptive technology; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
Health Social Networks
Featured in: New Health Leader
Health Social Networking has seen a growth of online web sites to facilitate communications, health tools and shared medical experiences.
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Michael G. “Mike” Ryan, FACHE, is a columnist, editor, futurist, speaker, Chairman and Managing Partner of EiG www.execimpactgroup.com based in San Francisco founded in 1994 it has its roots to one the first healthcare consulting firms founded in the 1960s.
He is a recognized pioneer in the eHealth and healthcare technology industry and was founder and senior vice president of sales and marketing for www.healthonline.com. Mike is one of the most networked executives in Silicon Valley and healthcare executive in the world on www.linkedin.com and is connected to 22 million people worldwide. Since 1982 Mike has been leader in "connecting the dots" between healthcare and technology. He serves as a CEO mentor and consultant to the Women’s Technology Cluster www.womenstechcluster.org in San Francisco. He serves on the advisory boards of www.healthcare.com , www.takesalltypes.org Mike is a recognized national speaker and is the creator and host of a weekly “live” interactive forum for healthcare CEOs and executives for America Online www.aol.com.
Trouble Ahead
Featured in: Surgery Insider
Whether entirely due to the effects of the eighty-hour work week or not, I see trouble ahead in surgical care in the US.In my personal blog, and on those of many others, one can find alarms raised about the effect of the eighty-hour work week restrictions on the training of surgeons. For a few years now, my friends in academic surgery have been telling me of the changes they see: "Shift-worker mentality" (meaning people no longer considering it their job to maintain continuous care of their operated patients), and the dilution of specific surgical experience are the main concerns.
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Trusted.MD Weekly #126. June 23 2008.
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