To me this article shows the problem and not the solution. Think about how he starts the article. He says...<p>"Here’s a sobering thought: I can walk into any local car dealership and buy a $30,000 piece of merchandise, leaving nothing behind but my signature — but if I show up that same day at the hospital, unconscious after a collision in my new car, there’s not a soul in that emergency room who will know what medications I’m taking, what allergies I have or where my living will is stored."<p>But then he goes on to list a bunch of technologies that don't fix that problem (sorry, if you come in unconscious from a car accident the doctor isn't going to be able to pull up your HealthVault account in the Emergency Room). The problem with much of the technology currently being put out there is they aren't looking at the problem and tailoring a solution to it. Instead they focus on theoretical goals ("Health Care needs Social Media") and no one ends up using their products.<p>The truth is Digital Health Care has a lot of hurdles to over come but it's the stuff that can't be fixed with a fancy website like getting hospitals wired, creating common formats that medical machines can use to deliver info and establishing a global identity system so even if you're unconscious you can be treated properly. All these things require hard work and collaboration not just slapping technology together on the web.