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Contributor since: Dec 4, 2006

Last seen: Dec 5, 2006

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Laughter, the best medicine

crayzon thinks: Strange but true, laughter yoga has hit the mainstream. According to the article "This is laughter yoga, a sidesplitting new fitness fad that's part traditional yoga, part improv and all silliness".

Why do I have so many remote controls?

crayzon thinks: I'd like to have one universal remote, but my big problem with it is that usually these remotes use LCD screens to allow for customized layouts. I don't know about you , but I rarely look at my remote when I use it. Most times, I use it based on feel. This is what I miss on universal remotes with touch screens. I want something with more tactile feedback so I don't have to look down at my remote before I perform a function.

Out of control email inbox

crayzon thinks: Email seems to be on it's way out as a form of communication much like my postal mail which I rarely read and just throw away unless it's a bill.

Is social lending the next evolution of banking?

crayzon thinks: I agree that it could work, but there has to be a mechanism to measure reliability. I for one, would not lend money to anyone without having a full credit check.

Jetlag Relief

crayzon thinks: Humans have an amazing ability to adapt to changing conditions. it's up to the individual to know their own bodies and find what works best for them. I for one will take two mini jack daniels bottles to help soothe my nerves and lapse me into a peaceful in-flight nap.

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Continuity of care

pawn thinks: It looks like there's already a tool being developed to carry your medical history. Maybe it isn't a centralized tool, but it least it allows you to carry personal medical information with you at all times.

Continuity of care

geometryfreak thinks: I have a different spin:

I agree with View A that the information needs to be centralized, and I agree with View B that this creates a major privacy risk and may also contribute to misguided second opinions.

My ideal solution would be to centralize the information somewhere that the patient controls, not the government health system. Every time I move I always ask for a copy of my medical records from my local doctor. Then, if I have a health problem in a new town, I can selectively share the information if I think it helps or hurts the situation.

This allows the patient to have a medical history that is always comprehensive and up to date, but the information remains private and you can share it on an as-needed basis, so as not to bias the results of tests or diagnoses.

Continuity of care

IanTomo thinks: The danger of reading from a database of information is that you will be looking at and adding to a chain of interpretation - a line of chinese whispers where previous contributers have simple added their bit on. In addition, certain conditions with have improved/got worse so a fresh review is required.

The information on an individual comes in two forms - constant and variable. Some information relates to the individual, stays with the individual and does not change. Other information may change over time and this is where the (new) viewer need to be wary.

We are all individuals and our conditions change over time - even on a daily/hourly basis so to rely on historic information which may itself be and interpretation of an interpretation could be foolhardy but to save time, the constant information could be recorded

Continuity of care

SacredVermin thinks: No more miswritten notes, no more paper conflict, no more nurses checking and re-checking me because of said conflicts - sign me up. If doctors stop doing their job and just follow the DB they should be reprimanded; if the DB goes down with the kind of wireless mesh network technology we have today, then a nuke just hit the city and you don't have to worry anymore. Have the government and some wealthy philanthropists scrape a billion dollars together along with some MIT grads and they should make a dependable network.

Continuity of care

dhama thinks: Mayb an electronic card that everyone could carry that contains medical history, after all we think nothing about credit/debit cards for our financial issues.

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Continuity of care

Maven thinks: I agree with some type of unified system, but security is a major factor as is with all personal information. An electronic card may be the answer, but who wants to carry more on their person. What about an embedded chip?

Continuity of care

AstridF thinks: But what will you do if the database is down?

Continuity of care

Simpler thinks: I think this solution would be simpler for me. The risks of errors when passing information from person to person exceeds the risk of one doctor relying too much on what someone else said. So, I think a central health database is simpler for me and will lead to less errors in general.

Continuity of care

t4662 thinks: Here's a thought ... we live in a world where one's place is itemized, actualized (if there is such a word, people), that is to say, made valid, by one's file. And this file system operates on two fundamental untruths ... the objectivity of imput and the confidentiality of imput. Considering these components ... files as non objective and operating under a very thin veil of so-called confidentiality ... my position is that the only difference between a central file and multiple files is the individual's access to those files, that is, the degree of control over imput and what is understood as confidentiality. Why do you think lawyers have become such an important fixture in our world??? Because, people, lawyers are in the business of accessing files. One file or multiple files ... doesn't really matter ... what matters is who controls the files. And ... of course, how that access and control is used.

Continuity of care

ozmoregulation thinks: okay........ now it says the correct time since I placed my view. People must not rely on so much technology. There's a living being, a whole person, interact with that person first then look up some information. People are being told time and time again "you'll never walk" or "you'll never get the feeling back in that hand" or "Your child will be handicaped ..." THIS MUST NOT BE WRITTEN IN STONE (or on a system) because it's not always the played out reality! People get up and walk, feelings do come back for some and children find other links in the brain to overcome missing parts and HOPE must not be taken away! Fresh thought without influence can bring fresh hope!

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