Comments on: Ix Gets Personal (Again) http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531 Engaging consumers with information therapy (Ix) and HIT Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Needing Ix on Vacation | Information Therapy (Ix) Blog http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-1390 Needing Ix on Vacation | Information Therapy (Ix) Blog Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:24 +0000 http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-1390 [...] days into my vacation, my 4 1/2-year-old wakes up with some wheezing. As I wrote in April, his first asthma event was a shock to us but because it came during one of the worst pollen [...] […] days into my vacation, my 4 1/2-year-old wakes up with some wheezing. As I wrote in April, his first asthma event was a shock to us but because it came during one of the worst pollen […]

]]> By: “Participatory Medicine” and Other Ix-Related Lingo | Patient-Centered Health Information Technology (PCHIT) Blog http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-200 “Participatory Medicine” and Other Ix-Related Lingo | Patient-Centered Health Information Technology (PCHIT) Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 20:26:50 +0000 http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-200 [...] reminds me of what I wrote about here a couple weeks back about my experience with my son’s asthma attack. Going through the experiences ourselves is [...] […] reminds me of what I wrote about here a couple weeks back about my experience with my son’s asthma attack. Going through the experiences ourselves is […]

]]> By: Making Sure We’re Listening to Patients | Patient-Centered Health Information Technology (PCHIT) Blog http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-199 Making Sure We’re Listening to Patients | Patient-Centered Health Information Technology (PCHIT) Blog Thu, 08 May 2008 16:46:23 +0000 http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-199 [...] I said in my post about my 4-year-old’s middle-of-the-night strained breathing a couple weeks ago, it’s true that we’re all patients and caregivers. Those scary (and [...] […] I said in my post about my 4-year-old’s middle-of-the-night strained breathing a couple weeks ago, it’s true that we’re all patients and caregivers. Those scary (and […]

]]> By: Cindy Throop http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-193 Cindy Throop Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:06:47 +0000 http://ixcenterblog.org/archives/531#comment-193 Your experience with the health care system reminds me of a general question that keeps coming to mind as a new Ix Center staff. How does preventive medicine fit into the information therapy framework? At what moment in care is it appropriate to talk about preventive measures? Over the past few years, I’ve been hearing about the possible health benefits of probiotics. This is something I would like to research further. The reason I am bringing it up is that probiotics may help strengthen the immune system and could possibly play a role in preventing allergies. I know that allergies and asthma are not exactly the same thing, but I wonder if, and when, it is appropriate to share preventive options as information therapy? This question is not only about the moment in care, but also the “moment in time” when research is conclusive enough to be considered evidence-based. It seems to me that more research is done on pharmacological interventions than on more holistic approaches to care and treatment; I fear this perpetuates the tendency to focus on treatment of acute symptoms with little (or no) attention being paid to prevention. Your experience with the health care system reminds me of a general question that keeps coming to mind as a new Ix Center staff. How does preventive medicine fit into the information therapy framework? At what moment in care is it appropriate to talk about preventive measures?

Over the past few years, I’ve been hearing about the possible health benefits of probiotics. This is something I would like to research further. The reason I am bringing it up is that probiotics may help strengthen the immune system and could possibly play a role in preventing allergies.

I know that allergies and asthma are not exactly the same thing, but I wonder if, and when, it is appropriate to share preventive options as information therapy? This question is not only about the moment in care, but also the “moment in time” when research is conclusive enough to be considered evidence-based. It seems to me that more research is done on pharmacological interventions than on more holistic approaches to care and treatment; I fear this perpetuates the tendency to focus on treatment of acute symptoms with little (or no) attention being paid to prevention.

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