http://disqus.com/by/Ron_Cline/enSun, 26 Apr 2009 23:49:03 -0000http://healthblog.xprize.org/2009/04/1-introduction.html#comment-8718587<p>Thanks for the feedback. I feel very strongly about dealing with the new generation. To be honest, it's easier. I've worked with physicians for years and have seen the full range of good and bad. The one thing that nobody is doing on any significant scale is benchmarking health data. A patient's health information should really tell a story. Simple things like weight aren't presented to patients in a graphical format. (Pictures speak...) I see people's health sliding and they are ignorant to their own situation. More importantly, some physicians are great at managing health, some are not.</p>Ron_ClineSun, 26 Apr 2009 23:49:03 -0000http://healthblog.xprize.org/2009/04/1-introduction.html#comment-8590477<p>I have been thinking about this for years. What have we been doing that hasn't worked but should have? We talk to the children and provide educational content but fail to involve families. One thing that can be said for today's techno kids is that they tend to influence their parents behavior. I'm thinking of developing multi-geographic comparisons for school age children. Compare their Bio-stats to other children around the world. Develop competitive, healthy measurements and allow kids to communicate what they are doing to improve their health relative to other geographic groups. Part of the benefit is the "trickle up" effect on family groups where the kids want to have sound nutritional goals and active lifestyles and influence their parents to behave accordingly. The carrot is to compete against other countries in a game format with public bragging rights.</p>Ron_ClineWed, 22 Apr 2009 20:06:50 -0000