Marston and the folks at
SugarStats.com have added a
great new feature. Now you can add blood glucose readings and other information to your SugarStats logs from
Twitter.
What's
Twitter?
Twitter is a simple web application that lets you update your contacts with what you're doing. It limits your updates to 140 characters, because you can tweet from your phone. When you first start using it, it feels strange. But it turns out to be a useful way to keep in touch with others.
To see how it works in practice, check out what I'm
tweeting about?
If you haven't already tried SugarStats, I think you'll enjoy the logging and graphing facilities. With Twitter integration, they've made it even easier for you to keep all this information up to date.
And SugarStats lets you share the data with people in protected ways. I think it's a preview of what
Personal Health Records for diabetes will look like in the future.
Labels: diabetes, PHR, SugarStats, Twitter
Today's New York Times has an article about
Google and Microsoft and their planned move into the health care arena.
And no, they're not going to do this by paying for our doctor visits. Their approach is really all about empowering us to take more control over our own health. They'll do this with a combination of better search tools (like my own
Diabetes Search Engine that's built with Google technology) and enabling us to maintain personal health records (PHR).
Now Electronic Health Records (EHR) or Medical records (EMR) are nothing new. There are several versions of these around provided by different companies. I believe the question will be whether Microsoft and Google can work together to develop a standard for PHRs. That would be a trick worth watching.
Right now the Google version has only been shown to a small number of people. The Google Blogoscoped site has
shots of some of the screens from the Google system.
From the NYT article is sounds like Google is trying to do the 'right thing'
At Google, we feel patients should be in charge of their health information, and they should be able to grant their health care providers, family members, or whomever they choose, access to this information. Google Health was developed to meet this need.
I'm just wondering when they actually start working with real patients as they evolve this system.
Watch this space for more details.
Labels: Google, healthcare, microsoft, PHR, search
