Power to the patient

Posted by Jim Boulton, 18 Jun 2009
I was reading in The Independent last week about a simple new test that can detect the onset of Alzheimer's with 93% accuracy. The fact that this test can be perfomed at home without medical supervision prompted me to see what other home testing kits existed.
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Health 2.0 and Personal Health Records

Posted by Jim Boulton, 25 May 2009
Through our work with LifeScan, I discovered Microsoft HealthVault, an online platform that allows you to store and manage all your health information in a single place. HealthVault is unapologetically commercial, working with doctors, pharmacies, insurance providers and medical devices manufacturers to make it easy for individuals to add information to their HealthVault account and to actively use that information to help manage their own conditions.
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