Comments on: An Army of Well-Informed Patients http://www.jnjbtw.com/2008/01/an-army-of-well-informed-patients/ Our People and Perspectives Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mother Jones, RN http://www.jnjbtw.com/2008/01/an-army-of-well-informed-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Mother Jones, RN Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:21:57 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=203#comment-676 Thank you for the link to Amy Tenderich's article on NewsWeek Online. There is a health care revolution taking place on the web and within online communities. The best is yet to come. MJ Thank you for the link to Amy Tenderich’s article on NewsWeek Online. There is a health care revolution taking place on the web and within online communities. The best is yet to come.

MJ

]]> By: Marc http://www.jnjbtw.com/2008/01/an-army-of-well-informed-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Marc Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:15:35 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=203#comment-669 Great points. If people are willing to use these tools to manage other parts of their lives, then why not healthcare? Certainly there was a lot of optimism about the possibilities. Daniel Palestrant, the CEO of Sermo, drew an analogy with something Oppenheimer said when he realized the impact the Manhatten project would have on the world. Daniel said "we are all here today because we see the lightning in the bottle." Great points. If people are willing to use these tools to manage other parts of their lives, then why not healthcare?

Certainly there was a lot of optimism about the possibilities. Daniel Palestrant, the CEO of Sermo, drew an analogy with something Oppenheimer said when he realized the impact the Manhatten project would have on the world. Daniel said “we are all here today because we see the lightning in the bottle.”

]]> By: Adriana http://www.jnjbtw.com/2008/01/an-army-of-well-informed-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Adriana Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:29:01 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=203#comment-665 ..."a question was raised about whether most people are really willing to spend time, energy and effort to upload information, share their health records and troll the internet for information" A reasonable question on the face of it but to see how much of that people are already willing to expend online, look at the bloggers. But that's not most people! - one could say. Then look at how much time people 'waste' on their profiles on Facebook and MySpace and the mostly self-referential applications locked within the social network platforms. Why? Because they can and because it's fun. So I imagine they'd do at least the same for their health. And to say that most people are not that responsible is patronising to say the least. If the trend of patient empowerment is real (and so far the auguries look favourable), then it is only a matter of better tools (and time) before "the stranglehold of doctors and health insurance companies on information and treatment options" really ends. …”a question was raised about whether most people are really willing to spend time, energy and effort to upload information, share their health records and troll the internet for information”

A reasonable question on the face of it but to see how much of that people are already willing to expend online, look at the bloggers. But that’s not most people! – one could say. Then look at how much time people ‘waste’ on their profiles on Facebook and MySpace and the mostly self-referential applications locked within the social network platforms. Why? Because they can and because it’s fun. So I imagine they’d do at least the same for their health. And to say that most people are not that responsible is patronising to say the least.

If the trend of patient empowerment is real (and so far the auguries look favourable), then it is only a matter of better tools (and time) before “the stranglehold of doctors and health insurance companies on information and treatment options” really ends.

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