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> There are a lot of reasons for that, but, IMO, the most glaring is people abdicating their health reonsibility to somebody else (whether doctors, pharmaceutic
by smanuel 12y ago
> There are a lot of reasons for that, but, IMO, the most glaring is people abdicating their health reonsibility to somebody else (whether doctors, pharmaceutical companies, or government guidelines). As people take control back...when they realize they have some control...they will become more healthy.
I couldn't agree more. I've blogged about this some time ago (shameless plug)
"We need to start taking care of our health data": https://medium.com/@iamhealee/we-need-to-start-taking-care-of-our-health-data-789827fd148 https://medium.com/@iamhealee/we-need-to-start-taking-care-o...
But responsibility and control is only one side of the coin. There are numerous problems which are happening behind the curtain and people normally don't care about (EHR software compatibility, sometimes lack of EHR software, different attention to detail when doctors record the health data, etc.)