http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/10/googleorgs-148mm-contribution-to-genetic-digital-detection/ Exploring New and Social Media in Pharma and Healthcare Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/10/googleorgs-148mm-contribution-to-genetic-digital-detection/comment-page-1/#comment-441 shwen Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:20:34 +0000 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/10/googleorgs-148mm-contribution-to-genetic-digital-detection/#comment-441 Thanks for your comment, Patrick. I agree -- the industry is way behind and when we try to advance, we tend to do it at the expense of a single, unified standard/platform (mainly because everyone wants to make $$$ by being proprietary), so as I said in my post about the Google Health PHR, I'm not surprised that the tech industry is coming in and advancing our industry for us. Thanks for your comment, Patrick. I agree — the industry is way behind and when we try to advance, we tend to do it at the expense of a single, unified standard/platform (mainly because everyone wants to make $$$ by being proprietary), so as I said in my post about the Google Health PHR, I’m not surprised that the tech industry is coming in and advancing our industry for us.

]]> http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/10/googleorgs-148mm-contribution-to-genetic-digital-detection/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Patrick Driscoll Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:03:28 +0000 http://www.med20.com/blog/2008/10/googleorgs-148mm-contribution-to-genetic-digital-detection/#comment-439 I see tremendous benefit in HealthMap and other tools! Given the potential of information technology to provide answers that are just out there waiting to found, it has always been stunning to me how much behind the curve the healthcare industry has been. However, due to the sophistication of tools for professional (e.g., as in meta-analysis of clinical research data) and personal application (social networking) and the demand for EMR, I am convinced that a critical mass has been reached, from which there is no turning back. I see tremendous benefit in HealthMap and other tools!
Given the potential of information technology to provide answers that are just out there waiting to found, it has always been stunning to me how much behind the curve the healthcare industry has been. However, due to the sophistication of tools for professional (e.g., as in meta-analysis of clinical research data) and personal application (social networking) and the demand for EMR, I am convinced that a critical mass has been reached, from which there is no turning back.

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