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Monday
Dec062010

Putting test results into context

Why is it so difficult to understand the test results we receive from our healthcare providers? Why has there been so little innovation in how important measures of our health are put into context? Why do we still receive our results in the mail?

A recent issue of Wired magazine tackled a basic blood work-up (with assistance from Mucca Design), and the results are impressive.

For people who have not been to a doctor in the past 10 years, here is an example of what they started with:

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