more on Lee Gomes: When Pundits Predict Tech's Future, It Is True They Can Draw a Crowd

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Esther Dyson <edyson () edventure com>
Date: November 15, 2004 11:40:40 AM EST
To: dave () farber net, Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, lee.gomes () wsj com
Subject: Re: [IP] Lee Gomes: When Pundits Predict Tech's Future, It Is 
True They Can Draw a Crowd

 My point wasn't so much a big spending boom in health-care IT, but a 
change in the balance of power towards more patient-centric control of 
the data....  with individuals getting better access to their own 
records, controlling their disposition and the like.  Just as the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act gives consumers more control over their financial 
records/identity, I think you'll see the same thing happening in health 
care.  That may be fostered by some enabling legislation (stay tuned), 
but also companies such as, say, Google or Yohoo!, who will store the 
records on behalf of individuals rather than in the interests of payers 
(insurance cos, employers) or providers (clinics, hospitals, doctors, 
pharma cos).

 

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