Comments on: Safeway Foodflex: Somewhat flexible http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575 e-Health. Patient empowerment. Washington, DC. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ted Eytan http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575/comment-page-1#comment-2938 Ted Eytan Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575#comment-2938 Thanks both of your for the comments! Liz to your point, I think food is something that doctors want to talk about with patients, and patients want to share what they're eating. It would be really great if a patient could agree to have this information, that's already collected just by going to the store, summarized and included in the medical record, with patient consent. Ans Susannah, awesome idea...would it be like the iTunes Genius feature for food? "Families like you chose these alternatives based on this allergy." Much as I have learned the value of PHRs for different situations beyond "patient goes to the doctor," this is opening my eyes up to different data that could and should be included in a personal health record, Ted Thanks both of your for the comments! Liz to your point, I think food is something that doctors want to talk about with patients, and patients want to share what they’re eating. It would be really great if a patient could agree to have this information, that’s already collected just by going to the store, summarized and included in the medical record, with patient consent.

Ans Susannah, awesome idea…would it be like the iTunes Genius feature for food? “Families like you chose these alternatives based on this allergy.”

Much as I have learned the value of PHRs for different situations beyond “patient goes to the doctor,” this is opening my eyes up to different data that could and should be included in a personal health record,

Ted

]]> By: microsnack http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575/comment-page-1#comment-7005 microsnack Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:14:17 +0000 http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575#comment-7005 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Safeway Foodflex: Somewhat flexible: After using Safeway’s Foodflex (and I think that’s the link, t.. http://tinyurl.com/5dma7m</span></span> Safeway Foodflex: Somewhat flexible:
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]]> By: Susannah Fox http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575/comment-page-1#comment-2916 Susannah Fox Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:43:38 +0000 http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575#comment-2916 Thanks, Ted! Peapod.com keeps a list of all the items I have ever ordered, which makes it very easy for me to shop every week or so, just clicking down the list. My family has some serious food allergies, so I'd love to be able to annotate the list, then export it so I could email it to my mom, who wants to have the right brand of bread on hand for when we visit. There are work-arounds. I could give my mom our Peapod username & password or I could cut & paste item descriptions into an email. But I'd also love to network my grocery list with other food allergy families: Who's found a good egg-free pancake mix? Where can I find gluten-and-nut-free-for-sure chocolate? Thanks, Ted!

Peapod.com keeps a list of all the items I have ever ordered, which makes it very easy for me to shop every week or so, just clicking down the list. My family has some serious food allergies, so I’d love to be able to annotate the list, then export it so I could email it to my mom, who wants to have the right brand of bread on hand for when we visit. There are work-arounds. I could give my mom our Peapod username & password or I could cut & paste item descriptions into an email. But I’d also love to network my grocery list with other food allergy families: Who’s found a good egg-free pancake mix? Where can I find gluten-and-nut-free-for-sure chocolate?

]]> By: Liz Seegert http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575/comment-page-1#comment-2915 Liz Seegert Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:16:01 +0000 http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/12/10/2575#comment-2915 Ever try to figure out the food pyramid? no wonder we have nutrition-related health problems. Most people cannot reliably tell what a "serving" is anymore since we've gotten so used to supersized, oversized portions everywhere we go. This is a particularly dicey problem with a portion of the population receiving some kind of government assistance, such as WIC. Given that the subsidized dollars only go so far and need to be spent wisely, I would love to see "smart shopping" as part of the educational process. Safeway has taken a good first step, but the next one should be for folks to take this info to their MDs or nutritionists and see how they can improve their diets. Just think what this might do for the obesity issue. Ever try to figure out the food pyramid? no wonder we have nutrition-related health problems. Most people cannot reliably tell what a “serving” is anymore since we’ve gotten so used to supersized, oversized portions everywhere we go.

This is a particularly dicey problem with a portion of the population receiving some kind of government assistance, such as WIC. Given that the subsidized dollars only go so far and need to be spent wisely, I would love to see “smart shopping” as part of the educational process. Safeway has taken a good first step, but the next one should be for folks to take this info to their MDs or nutritionists and see how they can improve their diets. Just think what this might do for the obesity issue.

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