One thought that comes to my mind is, even though this is your data, should some of it be locked away from you? For instance, if you interact with your doctor through a similar application, and he uploads some recent tests or whatever. Should you be able to modify that? Will your health records lose some of the authority that might come with information directly from a doctor?
Would it be a better situation to let such "authority" figures input data that's non-modifiable to preserve their authority such as with doctor's prescriptions? Would that change the concept of VRM if you could own your data, but not modify all of it because it came from another source?
Matt
On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:30 PM, Doc Searls wrote:
Here are some questions...
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/08/health-care-or-health-snare/>
More soon. Just wanted to get that much out there.
Doc
At 4:55 PM +0100 10/8/07, Adriana Lukas wrote:
Hey, still lurking, but not less busy for it 'pushing' VRM where I can. :)
I should be speaking directly to J&J people involved with MS Health
Vault today or later this week.
I will be relaying the questions about export and ownership mentioned
in Joe Andrieu's post. That is my position on it too.
The trick is going to make them see these issues in the big picture. I
am assuming that as far as JNJ is concerned they are happy with the MS
approach to it - after all it is safe, contained and controlled
platform. In fact, in this world control means ability to ensure
security, at least in their understanding of it.
A challenge I think we are facing is explaining to businesses,
especially to large corporations, how open and distributed is safer
and more desirable.
Any additional ideas/suggestions how to get someone from within a
company like JNJ that is already involved in MS Health Vault to expand
their view? How to get them see why the question of ownership of data
and the ability to export them is as important as having a secure
place to store them. I suspect that won't be possible without
explaining the VRM to them. :)
Adriana
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On 08/10/2007,
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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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