Thanks, Dan. This one hit close to home. I spent years in Med Tech myself, including time with you at Diatek, and now I'm living the patient side of exactly what you're describing.
Since retiring I've made a project out of finally dealing with health issues I let slide during my career. The biggest obstacle hasn't been any one doctor, it's the lack of a whole patient view. I've got a GP and a dozen specialists, all excellent in their own domain, but they run on different EHRs, use different labs, and consolidation of notes, results, and observations across practices is weak. I've had specialists order tests another practice had already run weeks earlier because the result never crossed the EHR boundary. More than once I've been the one carrying lab values and imaging notes from one office to the next myself, because the systems wouldn't do it for me.
Your monitor example is one piece of a much bigger problem. Data, analytics, and reasoning applied to the whole patient in near real time isn't just about catching a glucose trend at 2 a.m., it's what's missing from most of my care right now. I've spent many hours building my on personal health data management system in AI to help me manage my care across providers. While its been a fun challenge, I wish it wasn't necessary. Cheers!
Wasn't it a blast when we were developing breakthrough solutions with EEG and EP until reality hit (I promise to be nice and not mention greed ... O' wait, I just did). Healthcare in the U.S. is broken. Sorry to hear about your personal struggles. You're not alone!
Thanks, Dan. This one hit close to home. I spent years in Med Tech myself, including time with you at Diatek, and now I'm living the patient side of exactly what you're describing.
Since retiring I've made a project out of finally dealing with health issues I let slide during my career. The biggest obstacle hasn't been any one doctor, it's the lack of a whole patient view. I've got a GP and a dozen specialists, all excellent in their own domain, but they run on different EHRs, use different labs, and consolidation of notes, results, and observations across practices is weak. I've had specialists order tests another practice had already run weeks earlier because the result never crossed the EHR boundary. More than once I've been the one carrying lab values and imaging notes from one office to the next myself, because the systems wouldn't do it for me.
Your monitor example is one piece of a much bigger problem. Data, analytics, and reasoning applied to the whole patient in near real time isn't just about catching a glucose trend at 2 a.m., it's what's missing from most of my care right now. I've spent many hours building my on personal health data management system in AI to help me manage my care across providers. While its been a fun challenge, I wish it wasn't necessary. Cheers!
Wasn't it a blast when we were developing breakthrough solutions with EEG and EP until reality hit (I promise to be nice and not mention greed ... O' wait, I just did). Healthcare in the U.S. is broken. Sorry to hear about your personal struggles. You're not alone!