Few observations about the ongoing debate on the health care reform

Most part of the intervenients in favor of the reform package are mentioning individual cases of persons advantaged by the eventual promotion of this law: a neighbour, an individual from the constituency, a family member etc. The power of the example and the symbolic need to answer the needs of the voters.

Some web ads in favor of the law reminded me of the (successful) Obama electoral campaign. Found it a bit unappropriate and an example that advertising is not enough.

Curious to see the final result of the tonight debate, but also the consequences of the vote for the American politics.

Medical records - on line?

Risks and opportunities. It is obvious that the on-line system cannot avoid the health-care system. But, it is not easy: you need trainings with the medical staff - from the technical aspects to purely communications ones. For example, how to be able to communicate, to use on-line portals and offer more than a simple medical service, but also a friendly environment, fit to the requirement of a new emerging generation of patients - more informed, but equally possible victims of the overinformation (think about the big number of sites where people not with a medical qualification are giving advices who are took into account, including about pharmacological self-treatment. And on-line is a place as well for miraculous healings and charlatans). The most important is privacy and data security. Ethical data management.