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A think a key success factor to health IT really becoming a part of our every day lives is the ability for healthcare platforms to aggregate data from hundreds of input sources to create real intelligence around healthcare.

The Kinect would surely add an interesting twist on augmenting all of that data.

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Couldn't agree more. I'd like to see more devices capture/sync (rather than merely display) data.

I've been hacking on a project like that -- WiiScale is a Mac app that sends your weight (captured from a Wii BalanceBoard) to Google Health. Since it knows your height, it gives a realtime visualization of your BMI while you're on the scale.

Video/Download here: http://snosrap.com/wiiscale/ Source: http://code.google.com/p/wiiscale/

The next step for HealthIT (after widespread adoption of robust EHR/PHR systems) is capturing data from a variety of devices in order to monitor health in real time. This includes everything from BMI to blood sugar levels to heart rate and even more complex data from implanted monitoring devices. It's really invigorating to finally see this ultra-connected future approaching over the horizon.

Oh and excellent work on the wiiscale and the PHR... Nice to know we have some fellow HIT hackers here. Cheers.

Somewhat relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBaiKsYUdvg

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