Comments on: Look at how Anna, 12, interacts with her world. She and her cohort are the patients (and the doctors) of the future.

By: Can you say “Ludique”? | e-Patients.net

Can you say “Ludique”? | e-Patients.net — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:39:48 +0000

[...] on a bicoastal tour of the Health 2.0 current environment one thing really struck me. Ted Eytan wrote about it a few weeks ago: Those of you who are parents (or near Anna’s age – 12) might not think this [...]

By: e-Patient Dave

e-Patient Dave — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:21:53 +0000

As a generation grows up that knows how NOT difficult it is to mash content together, I expect there’ll be very little tolerance for today’s dominant healthcare reality of “Sorry, no we can’t move your data around.” There are still IT people who try to explain to us “That’s not how computers work.”

The field is just wide open for disruption by vendors and open source communities who “get it.” They’ll be able to run the length of the football field before the leviathans realize something’s happening.

I humbly and tentatively propose (because I ain’t done studying) that the solution to many ills is to give up on any thought of (or even desire for) keeping someone as a customer/patient, and to focus all one’s efforts on being of service to the customer/patient.

Service will beget retention, and even if it doesn’t, the priority will still be service, and that’s a good thing.

By: Jay Drayer

Jay Drayer — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:46:05 +0000

As younger and younger social media aficionados like Anna continue to embrace Health 2.0, its evolution is destined to skyrocket… and much more quickly than anyone could have predicted even a year ago.

By: Matthew Holt

Matthew Holt — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:09:03 +0000

C’mon Ted, what did you teach Anna about hip-hop?

By: Bob Coffield

Bob Coffield — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:32:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing the story Ted. Great points. We can’t imagine how our children will be interacting with technology 5, 10 or more years from now.

I’ve had similar experiences with my 8 year old. This summer he got interested in blogging as a result of my blog. Amazing how quickly he picked up on how to use it as a tool in his world. First he created a Pokemon blog to find and store all his favorite Pokemon photos and links. He then created a personal blog for everyday thoughts, photos, etc. He goes to a local Montessori and is sharing some of what he posts at school. I can’t imagine what his world will be like by age 18.

Also, like Anna I find myself capturing art, music, etc. more and more with my phone and posting it up on Facebook, etc. My family and I went to an art opening Friday and I found myself capturing a photo of one of my favorite WV artists, Charley Hamilton and posting up to Facebook to share. Last night I was capturing photos from the NewSong finals (http://www.newsongfestival.com/) and posting them up. By the way – check out DC native Maureen Andary if you get a chance – she one one of the finalists).

By: e-Patient Dave

e-Patient Dave — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:04:58 +0000

> instead of passively taking in the art,
> she immediately begins creating content with it.

Stupendous! More more!

What a great thing, requiring students to write a blog post daily. Wakes one up to the content all around us (aka life worth noticing!)