RE: [projectvrm] Microsoft's Personal Health Care Records

["Paul Trevithick" < >]

I call this requirement "zero lock-in." -Paul

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> Subject: Re: [projectvrm] Microsoft's Personal Health Care Records
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> Ah, just saw Doc's response as I sent mine. Yes, agreed. Will make
> that point mercilessly. :)
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> On 08/10/2007, Doc Searls 
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>  wrote:
> > I agree. No single topic, when I bring up VRM examples, attracts more
> interest, "hits home" harder, cuts across political lines better.
> >
> > I also think it *is* about buyers and sellers, or individuals and
> organizations.
> >
> > In fact, I can't think of a better example of a problem that can *only*
> be resolved, ultimately, buy making the individual the "point of
> integration".
> >
> > Independence is key. This is where the Microsoft solution -- as I
> understand it so far -- is one more problem. There is nothing wrong with a
> dependency on a provider; but there is plenty wrong with one that cannot
> be severed and re-attached elsewhere without loss of personal data or
> control of it.
> >
> > Independence is key. Independence is choice. That's what makes markets.
> That's what makes relationships, too.
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> > IMHO, etc.
> >
> > Doc
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> > At 11:33 AM -0400 10/8/07, 
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> >  wrote:
> > >In my view it is slap-bang central.
> > >
> > >You could see the VRM space as a series of concentric circles: each
> with its own technical challenges, business models and opportunities etc.
> > >
> > >At the core is 'my data', which starts with administrative basics such
> as name, address etc but very quickly spills out across the whole of my
> life. So it quickly becomes a series of personal databases: my home, my
> money, my car, my travel arrangements, my health, my job, etc  each of
> which need to be managed, updated, kept accurate etc if possible without
> any hassle or effort (!!!)
> > >
> > >The second ring is the decisions I make relating to these life
> departments (plus life events such as 'moving home', 'getting married',
> 'getting divorced', etc). Here the emphasis moves from data gathering,
> storage, management, access, protection, security, authentication etc to
> accessing and using information I need to make the best possible decision
> - including search, comparison, Q&A etc. At this stage the individual is
> beginning to interact with 'the market', including trading/sharing
> information with potential suppliers.
> > >
> > >The third ring is implementation of these decisions: logistics,
> administration, fulfilment, payment etc.
> > >
> > >With each of these three rinigs (1) my data 2) my decisions, and 3)
> implementing my decisions) the underlying personal database is a critical
> component.
> > >
> > >One question is, is Microsoft doing this to 'empower' the individual or
> to create a new monopoly dependence like its operating systems? But that
> has got nothing to do with the idea itself.
> > >
> > >Alan
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