We've already discussed how OpenUMR is like having our medical records wherever we are.
Talking this over with some friends, they all agreed that this could be like when you were a child and your mom used to care for, and always have ready all your medical records. But this would allow you to track your medical records for life. After talking this over with my friends I called my mom and asked her if she could recall all the illnesses I had as a child. She was unable to recall many of them.
In short, OpenUMR is even better than mom for anyone who is not an infant with doting parents. But with OpenUMR, there are other benefits. You will be able to find a broader set of doctors, some of them maybe closer to home than you have ever had before. Some might even be able to help you in cross checking diagnostics, others might be able to suggest further avenues for your treatment. Most will offer services for a fee, but in many areas around the world doctors might be able to help for free.
With this community at hand, you will be always more confident in you diagnosis....interacting with the community and doctors in a different way. We could call it telemedicine, others might call it health 2.0 - but whatever we call it the end result is that you will gain the experience of the community (maybe in caring for a child) and feel more confident in your decisions (maybe in deciding how to treat an illness, or considering surgery)
Well, you will feel more confident double, triple, ..... checking with other people and doctors, in a different way (we could call it the telemedicine way.. other will call it the Health 2.0 way) but the output will be valid enough to gain more experience (if you want to know how to clean your baby) or fell more comfortable with your decisions (if you are in the middle of a surgery vs a drugs treatment).
In summary, you will feel like having doctor House @ home!
Talking this over with some friends, they all agreed that this could be like when you were a child and your mom used to care for, and always have ready all your medical records. But this would allow you to track your medical records for life. After talking this over with my friends I called my mom and asked her if she could recall all the illnesses I had as a child. She was unable to recall many of them.
In short, OpenUMR is even better than mom for anyone who is not an infant with doting parents. But with OpenUMR, there are other benefits. You will be able to find a broader set of doctors, some of them maybe closer to home than you have ever had before. Some might even be able to help you in cross checking diagnostics, others might be able to suggest further avenues for your treatment. Most will offer services for a fee, but in many areas around the world doctors might be able to help for free.
With this community at hand, you will be always more confident in you diagnosis....interacting with the community and doctors in a different way. We could call it telemedicine, others might call it health 2.0 - but whatever we call it the end result is that you will gain the experience of the community (maybe in caring for a child) and feel more confident in your decisions (maybe in deciding how to treat an illness, or considering surgery)
Well, you will feel more confident double, triple, ..... checking with other people and doctors, in a different way (we could call it the telemedicine way.. other will call it the Health 2.0 way) but the output will be valid enough to gain more experience (if you want to know how to clean your baby) or fell more comfortable with your decisions (if you are in the middle of a surgery vs a drugs treatment).
In summary, you will feel like having doctor House @ home!
