Sunday, October 12, 2008

Some examples of 'self' monitoring of individual health status

Read this interesting article in the New York Times about how entrepreneurs are developing devices and software and services that will enable individuals to monitor and record their vital health indicators and to offer access to that data to medical service providers.

I believe that a key to the control of costs and to better health is the regular frequent monitoring of vital indicators of every individual. Early recognition and intervention can prevent disease or reduce its impact even if it cannot actually prolong life.

We must develop a system that reduces health monitoring and increases the access to medical technology once a disease is identified.

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