So, I was listening to a story on NPR yesterday and I had an idea.

The story was about a new form of doctor's office called "Medical Home". The idea is to have doctors spend more time with their patients and really be able to evaluate their health in an unhurried environment. The story also talked about how doctors are available through email and such as well.

My thought was, why stop there? Why not go straight out Web 2.0 on this idea. I couldn't help but think what would a mashup of Google Health or Microsoft HealthVault and Facebook be like?

Here's the idea. You would have a central place to keep your health information and to communicate with your doctor. Your news feed could be anything from a general how you are feeling to what your blood sugar level is. There are any number of stats that people with ongoing conditions keep track of that you doctor would then be enabled to track and be able to point out an anomaly and ask about it.

Converstations could be had with you doctor and their staff, appointments could be made, reminders sent. All under your control. Need to switch doctors? "Unfriend" your current doctor and invite your new doctor. All of your records are right there for the new doctor to review and have available.

To work this would have to be independent of your doctor's office and even your insurance company. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to switch carriers or doctors easily enough.

I think that someone that could pull this off could possibly find a great deal of success. Let me know what you think about this idea.