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Mujuku A sobering thought! Huge privacy implications - but also makes me feel that I'm just one tiny piece in a massive puzzle.
Pablo Valerio @Mujuku, today location data is a "by-product" of using a cell phone (and I mean any cell phone). The key issue is collecting and storing. It is important how long cell providers store your location...
Mujuku I suppose cellphone companies will want to sell the data at market rates, which will be expensive. Meanwhile, if governments try to set up compulsory acquisition of the data it is unlikely to go...
Pablo Valerio Nicole, I use a series of "free" service on my smartphone, including Google Maps, Weather Apps, the "Bicing" app, the Barcelona transit service, etc. Using these apps I agree to share some "location"...
Nicole Ferraro Pablo, The European Union is pretty on top of this stuff, which is great. We're fumbling when it comes to data protection in the US. I agree that the snooping by the government, etc., is scarier,...
Pablo Valerio Ha! Nicole, this is always the big issue. Not only you need to "opt-out" instead of "opt-in" but, using smartphones, people don't read privacy notices on small screens. But I don't consider the...
Nicole Ferraro Nice, informative post, Pablo. Thank you. Re: "For example, Verizon is working on a project to sell demographic information about people who attend certain events, like how they got there and where...
Andrew Froehlich I agree Dave. Telemedicine will likely be successful for those of us that are far more comfortable with technology. It's for this reason alone that rural clinics still have a chance at survi...
Davedgreat2000 Andrew, I also fear for those older men and women that are not internet or tech savy...they will be missing out on the telemedicine and all that it has to offer. Some people dont want to be taught...
Mary Jander As a nearly full-time resident of a rural district, I've seen this trend firsthand, albeit in the Canadian healthcare system-- hospitals losing major services such as the ability to deliver babies,...
Mary Jander I have the same experience, Daved, with a doc I visit a couple of times annually. That said, he's very skilled, and he's often looking for things that tip him off to subtler changes in the body....
Andrew Froehlich Great point about lack of funding at rural hospitals. I think that we have to rely on technology to help keep costs down. It seems to be the only option at this point.
Andrew Froehlich @Dave -- I would assume that the rural population isn't happy about telemedicine...mostly because it's a major shift. Most people don't handle change well. And when it comes to their healthcare,...
kq4ym It may be that the trend to use remote healthcare technology will further the decline of rural healthcare. Funding may go to the locations where more people live, and where patients will be able...
Davedgreat2000 When i go to the doctor's office, the doctor doesn't even touch me to see if i am swollen or in pain unless i ask. Often times they just send me to the lab and get blood drawn and wait until later...
arv The Cloud based solutions and Collocation of different techonlogy is the way forward for organisations and enterprises. I agree that the cost of incorporating the infrastructure is high at...
Venks Hmmm Rich. I agree. It will please Nicole for sure. Its does take some time for the humans to perceive what they want. If that is clear then it wont take much time to build it, to bring into reality....
richheap That's something that struck me too, and why I called some of the report a "pretty standard vision of future of offices". I'm expect a lot of this technology will be available within the shorter...
richheap That's something that struck me too, and why I called some of the report a "pretty standard vision of future of offices". I'm expect a lot of this technology will be available within the shorter...
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Mujuku A sobering thought! Huge privacy implications - but also makes me feel that I'm just one tiny piece in a massive puzzle.
Pablo Valerio @Mujuku, today location data is a "by-product" of using a cell phone (and I mean any cell phone). The key issue is collecting and storing. It is important how long cell providers store your location...
Mujuku I suppose cellphone companies will want to sell the data at market rates, which will be expensive. Meanwhile, if governments try to set up compulsory acquisition of the data it is unlikely to go...
Pablo Valerio Nicole, I use a series of "free" service on my smartphone, including Google Maps, Weather Apps, the "Bicing" app, the Barcelona transit service, etc. Using these apps I agree to share some "location"...
Nicole Ferraro Pablo, The European Union is pretty on top of this stuff, which is great. We're fumbling when it comes to data protection in the US. I agree that the snooping by the government, etc., is scarier,...
Pablo Valerio Ha! Nicole, this is always the big issue. Not only you need to "opt-out" instead of "opt-in" but, using smartphones, people don't read privacy notices on small screens. But I don't consider the...
Nicole Ferraro Nice, informative post, Pablo. Thank you. Re: "For example, Verizon is working on a project to sell demographic information about people who attend certain events, like how they got there and where...
Andrew Froehlich I agree Dave. Telemedicine will likely be successful for those of us that are far more comfortable with technology. It's for this reason alone that rural clinics still have a chance at survi...
Davedgreat2000 Andrew, I also fear for those older men and women that are not internet or tech savy...they will be missing out on the telemedicine and all that it has to offer. Some people dont want to be taught...
Mary Jander As a nearly full-time resident of a rural district, I've seen this trend firsthand, albeit in the Canadian healthcare system-- hospitals losing major services such as the ability to deliver babies,...
Mary Jander I have the same experience, Daved, with a doc I visit a couple of times annually. That said, he's very skilled, and he's often looking for things that tip him off to subtler changes in the body....
Andrew Froehlich Great point about lack of funding at rural hospitals. I think that we have to rely on technology to help keep costs down. It seems to be the only option at this point.
Andrew Froehlich @Dave -- I would assume that the rural population isn't happy about telemedicine...mostly because it's a major shift. Most people don't handle change well. And when it comes to their healthcare,...
kq4ym It may be that the trend to use remote healthcare technology will further the decline of rural healthcare. Funding may go to the locations where more people live, and where patients will be able...
Davedgreat2000 When i go to the doctor's office, the doctor doesn't even touch me to see if i am swollen or in pain unless i ask. Often times they just send me to the lab and get blood drawn and wait until later...
arv The Cloud based solutions and Collocation of different techonlogy is the way forward for organisations and enterprises. I agree that the cost of incorporating the infrastructure is high at...
Venks Hmmm Rich. I agree. It will please Nicole for sure. Its does take some time for the humans to perceive what they want. If that is clear then it wont take much time to build it, to bring into reality....
richheap That's something that struck me too, and why I called some of the report a "pretty standard vision of future of offices". I'm expect a lot of this technology will be available within the shorter...
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