] Is a complete electronic record of your medical history
] available to you or your doctors? Chances are, it isn't.
] At least not yet. Find out how personal health records
] could change that and thereby improve the quality, safety
] and efficiency of health care.

yes, PHRs are important and simply having one is better than not having one. But like all things complicated, the network effect is what's needed. How do you get all 100K physicians on the network? How do you incentivize consumers to use it? To interact with it on a regular basis?

I think I know...

Personal health records

] To that end, BlueCross BlueShield %u2014 the largest
] health insurer in Tennessee %u2014 intends to roll out a
] statewide project to put patient health-care records on a
] secure, Web-based system available to doctors at the
] point of care. Seeing a patient's medical history from
] all sources %u2014 including prescriptions and lab tests
] %u2014 should reduce costs and improve decisions on care,
] she says.

yep. so is everyone else.

Gregg is gung-ho to battle health costs with efficiencies

] There has been a small outbreak of zombism in
] a small town near the border of Laos in North-Eastern
] Cambodia.
]
] The culprit was discovered to be mosquitoes native to
] that region carrying a new strain of Malaria which thus
] far has a 100 percent mortality rate and kills victims in
] fewer than 2 days.
]
] After death, this parasite is able to restart the heart
] of its victim for up to two hours after the initial
] demise of the person where the individual behaves in
] extremely violent ways from what is believed to be a
] combination of brain damage and a chemical released into
] blood during resurrection.

Have you seen this? HOLY CRAP!

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Cambodian troops Quarantine Quan'su

] As the traditional model of health care continues to
] become unwieldy, with some patients enduring long waits
] to see a doctor for a few minutes, concierge practices
] are becoming more common. Some doctors are reducing the
] size of their practices in order to be available, on
] call, to concierge patients. With minor issues, much of
] the consulting can be done over the phone.

Like Health Advocate but more online.

Telemedicine on the Cheap

] Emergency workers had to remove some sliding glass doors
] and lift the couch, with Grinds still on it, to a trailer
] behind a pickup truck. Removing her from the couch would
] be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric.
] After years of staying put, her skin had literally become
] one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed.

wow.

480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch

] The doctors behind one of the nation's most comprehensive
] public health studies have concluded what most dieters
] already know: Chugging down sodas packs on the pounds.

No more Dr. Peppers for me.

Researchers link soft drinks to diabetes

] Can you sweat off those snacks?
]
] See how much exercise it'll take to burn them away in 30
] minutes

Of course they don't tell you that you can burn 80 calories an hour just sleeping.

Can you sweat off those snacks?

] Swanson, producers of some of the world's fattiest TV
] dinners, is seeking to take over the breakfast market
] with a new line of microwaveable morning meals. It's
] called the 'Hungry Man All Day Breakfast,' and it's
] threatening to turn people into manatees.

Ironically, you probably eat more when you're at Pancake Pantry.

The Worst Breakfast Ever.

] An underlying theme in the march toward home-based care
] is that looming shortages of nurses, doctors and other
] health professionals, combined with mushrooming rates of
] diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and other costly
] chronic conditions will strain the system, forcing
] patients to be better self-managers, health care experts
] say.

Devices spur move to home-based care

NEW YORK—At a press conference Monday, drug giant Pfizer formally introduced Hoagizine, a pharmaceutical-grade Turkey-Bacon-Guacamole Melt so delicious, it's only available by prescription.
"Made with lean white turkey breast, hickory-smoked bacon, zesty guacamole, Boston leaf lettuce, and ripe tomatoes on crusty French bread, Hoagizine is indicated in the treatment of lunchtime satisfaction dysfunction," said Stephen Spencer, Pfizer's head of research and product development. "But Hoagizine is only available after consultation with a physician, so be sure to ask your doctor if this new sandwich is right for you."

Onion: New Prescription Only Sandwich Extra Delicious