Are We Thinking Too Small?

If the World Health Organization defined the term “health” as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity back in 1948, then can we really believe that health records only containing information about our physical health will be a panacea for the future of health care in America? Shouldn’t we be looking at more?

Imagine a world where all of your data seemlessly flows into and out of a single interface, and connects with everyone in, and even out in some cases, of your network. Pretty futuristic right? Well, people are working on this today, and I think that’s very cool.

Watch this eight minute video and tell me that we all shouldn’t be demanding something like this in the next five to ten years.

photo by Ken Ratcliff