Do consumers care? Do patients care?
An interesting post in The Health Care Blog:
And while Google trotted out some great enterprise partners last week for its announcement, I didn’t hear any consumer voices or testimonials on how Google Health will fulfill an unmet need. To me, PHRs and electronic medical records remain an industry-driven vision, not a consumer-driven one — focused on efficiency and reducing costs. It seems we’ve lost sight of whether the consumer really desires and is willing to participate in these services. What are the circumstances for using a PHR and do the benefits outweigh the perceived risks?
Currently the PHRs are answering the IT and health-care industries questions. Will the patients start to ask their own questions? That is Web 2.0 all about!
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