The current healthcare paradigm is illness-centric:
once you are sick, we'll throw the book at you (technologically
speaking) to try to fix your condition. That's where the current
provider-patient axis comes in. Most of the current US healthcare
dollars go into this bucket.
In parallel (not in competition), we see consumers (that 90%+ of the population that is
healthy at any one point) very interested in _staying_ healthy. In this
model, the traditional “healthcare provider” might not even be involved.
Specially in the US, where healthcare providers (PCPs and such) are
seldom compensated for preventive services.
Then, our theory is that we could build a provider-agnostic
health-improvement system that places the individual (and her family) at
the center. And bring to her an array of IT-mediated services
(nutrition, health information, evidence-based guidelines, etc.)
designed to _keep_ the consumer healthy. And where all health-related
data is owned by the consumer, not by the provider. In our mind,
companies such as financial institutions (banks) would be the ideal
hosting providers for this information, and they already have the consumer's
trust and brand awareness.
First IEEEP2407 Workshop, January 2007
The First IEEEP2407 Workshop, January 2007 took place on 24-25 January in London, UK. Please feel free to
download all the files presented at the event.
