tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post8607504005690354689..comments2008-02-21T12:10:26.687-07:00y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-19841687645880815012008-02-21T12:10:00.000-07:002008-02-21T12:10:00.000-07:002008-02-21T12:10:00.000-07:00

I believe that the secret to good health is to "Know Oneselve."Medical records could help us improve our health. The problem is that the records are not geared to us. If the individual was seen as the customer of medical records, then they would provide us with information on living healthy happy lives.When bureaucrats are the customer, then the monstrosity they create is designed to serve

y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-39174282899147107482008-02-21T07:34:00.000-07:002008-02-21T07:34:00.000-07:002008-02-21T07:34:00.000-07:00

I have no problem with division of labor in the medical industry. The problem I have is that the disparate players in the system, as you have pointed out, do not serve the desires of the patient, but serve the desires of the bureaucrats at the (public and private) agencies that are footing the bill.Right now, politicians and medical industry folks are demanding electronic health records (EHRs).

Reach Upwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-89665755607890808302008-02-20T18:38:00.000-07:002008-02-20T18:38:00.000-07:002008-02-20T18:38:00.000-07:00

I didn't think you were against the free market. The article seemed to be implying that it was the natural division of labor that takes place in a free market that created the problem. It is my opinion that the natural division of labor in health care would lead to something more like the doula/obstetrician type of care where you have one person with a primary focus on the experience of the

y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-35924236142962709342008-02-20T18:23:00.000-07:002008-02-20T18:23:00.000-07:002008-02-20T18:23:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry that my post made it sound as if I was blaming free markets for our health care crisis. I was trying to address that exact concept.I was trying to say that what we have today is not a free market, and that until the patient becomes the customer rather than the product, we will continue to have problems in the medical industry. Costs will go up and technology will increase. Patients

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