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Nothing in his original vision seems off to me, of course I can see why people would be wary to share that with his service, though. (As he listed in the reason
by mfoy_ 11y ago
Nothing in his original vision seems off to me, of course I can see why people would be wary to share that with his service, though. (As he listed in the reasons for killing the project)
>do something "non medical" as a real alternative
What do you mean? Are you talking about alternative medicine?
- Mz 11y agoI worked in insurance for over 5 years. Medical records are regulated by HIPAA. Being HIPAA compliant is a pain and most people don't understand medicalese. But there are metrics you can track that can be medically significant and it doesn't require you to deal with doctor's offices or official medical records. Why not offer a means to track diet, blood glucose readings for diabetics, and other metrics of that sort? It addresses the domains he was targeting -- people with chronic illness or "optimizers" trying to improve their sports performance -- without getting into dealing directly with official medical records, HIPAA compliance, etc.
- mfoy_ 11y agoOkay, I see what you're saying now. Your original comment was a little confusing because it wasn't clear what you meant by "non medical". That would be a cool app but I doubt many people would able and willing to keep entering the data required to get meaningful results. Medical records would conceivably "skip" that process and you could just peruse your historical data. So it's a matter of convenience, I guess.
- Mz 11y agoPeople with chronic illness who take metrics regularly or people who are interested in optimizing their performance are both groups that can and will keep such data, if given a good means to do so. Sometimes even if they have really terrible means to do so.