tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25132358.post5221065038515792084..comments2024-03-25T03:04:17.427-04:00Comments on Curing Healthcare: Personal Health ApplicationDr. Steve Bellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12193853344152979923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25132358.post-30586489339253217822009-06-16T16:01:35.135-04:002009-06-16T16:01:35.135-04:00Dear Dr.Beller,
Although the post is pretty old, ...Dear Dr.Beller,<br /><br />Although the post is pretty old, I'd like to say thank you for the useful check list and ideas regarding the goals and principles of PHA.<br /><br />We've recently launched our own on-line PHA: <a href="http://www.utshealth.com" rel="nofollow">www.utshealth.com</a> <br /><br />I didn't find your contacts here and cannot email you privately, so I'd be very grateful to you if you could contact me info at utshealth dot com. I'd like to discuss some on-topic ideas with you. Thank you.Dennis Cranehttp://www.utshealth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25132358.post-11562271833627389662007-04-29T11:44:00.000-04:002007-04-29T11:44:00.000-04:00I appreciate your comments, Steve, and thank you.I...I appreciate your comments, Steve, and thank you.<BR/><BR/>In reply (and at the of self-promotion), let me say that my colleagues and I are, in fact, developing a prototype PHA based on our foundational work that began in the early 1980’s. <BR/><BR/>Our PHA is an expert system (i.e., it holdsholds human expertise in the form of computerized rules) with extensive health assessment (mind and body) content and problem-solving tools. It has an intelligent, interactive user interface that is accessible both online and offline. And it uses an asynchronous, publisher-subscriber data acquisition and reporting process that incorporates a proprietary underlying technology enabling it to operate efficiently and economically. <BR/><BR/>This template-based system also offers “universal translation and composite reporting,” which allows the fluid, secure exchange of information from disparate databases and electronic document repositories—including any practitioner and hospital EMR/EHRs and patient PHRs—and the melding of that information into interactive reports tailored to the particular needs and preferences of patients and providers alike. <BR/><BR/>There are several other innovative features designed to speed consumer knowledge gains and motivate them to act responsibly. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, being in a consortium of health information technology vendors, I’m always interested in learning about the work accomplishments of companies such as yours, and examining opportunities.<BR/><BR/>SteveDr. Steve Bellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193853344152979923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25132358.post-12756929588557132722007-04-29T06:51:00.000-04:002007-04-29T06:51:00.000-04:00Steve,I agree with you regarding your propoased "p...Steve,<BR/>I agree with you regarding your propoased "personal health applications" , it is both insightful and forthcoming. As a physician and founder of the 2 year old free personal health record data management service, PassportMD.com, we are constantly striving to take our users feedback and insights from creative people like yourself to better our product. We have several initiatives in place to address the issues you layout and make PassportMD more applicative in nature, and I am quite confident several of the "big boys" with coffers of big dollars such as WebMD, Revolution Health and Google are doing this as well. Ultimately, as phr's like PassportMD.com and those similarly offered by WebMD, RevolutionHealth, and even Medicalert begin to offer these applicative tools, the consumer will benefit, given more choice in our free market society. As market forces continue to bear down on this business sector, better products at better values, will ultimately and hopefully better the consumer healthcare experience. <BR/>I will continue to read your blog with interest and welcome your comments.<BR/>Steve Hacker, MD<BR/>Founder & CEO<BR/>PassportMD, IncSteven M Hacker,MD , Dermatologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799117527024682506noreply@blogger.com