Healthcare 2020

Posted on March 29, 2005
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This survey found that 70 percent of Americans turn to the Internet for healthcare decisions; 60 percent said they also talk to their doctors. I myself do it at times, and my wife is on WebMD all the time. People should be aware as to what’s happening in the medical world and make better decisions.

What if instead of we googling on medical terms and diseases, the required information is streamed to us? Think about it for a moment. Every hospital, today, has some form of a web site and your primary care physician has the required medical history of yourself. What if these systems could ’subscribe’ to medical encyclopedia’s on topics that are found in patients medical transcription? And what if, after subscribing, these systems can publish the results to a patient portal? All the patient needs to do is now log on to the hospitals website, and his portal shows all the information he/she needs. Bingo!!

Take it a step further, how about a messaging system between a physician and the patient. No more waiting, no more phone calls. Send a message to your doctor, on your portal, and let the portal scream You got Mail!