It wasn’t immediately apparent why I started keeping the Archive all those years ago but the need to keep it has persisted. I think it is in response to the massive overload of information we deal with each day, it’s a filtering and prioritizing response to not lose the memories that are worth keeping. In large part, it also has to do with the fact that I saw my grandmother spend the last 15 years of her life alone and lonely – at 19 volumes, the Archive almost has the mass of someone who remembers your whole life and will always be there for you….

Keep blogging on this topic, i’m really interested on where you take this and end up!

There was talk about open source and one guy was particularly adamant about it: Claudio Luis Vera from Studio:Module (studiomodule.com). I think we are going to be hearing a heck of a lot more about this as the Obama money and focus becomes increasingly widespread in the media. Google Health and MS HealthVault are already trying to do the electronic health record but adoption has been pretty low. Doesn’t Google have enough info about us already?! m

did they talk about open source software for med records?

I think the industry as a whole is in the process of defining Health 2.0, with many players tackling different health aspects. Microsoft and Google are taking on health records and how they are managed, patientslikeme.com is a site to share experiences managing different diseases or doing various treatments. At the moment the space is just too new to be clearly defined beyond its catchy name.

HIPPA certainly has been an influencing factor in stimulating industry growth because it wanted so badly to be the benchmark legislation in mandating digital health records, but it has taken 8+ years so far to implement…Maybe loosening some of the requirements/restrictions will help with adoption.

Are any healthcare providers currently involved in defining Health 2.0 and are they restricted at all by the HIPAA regulations?

Thanks and nice job on the chart.