Although this level of coverage may not currently exist, even in best practice, among existing EMR systems, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the breadth of research questions and beneficial parties who will be affected when and if such a system is implemented.
Crustal thermal modelling at relatively extensive depths (e.g. down to the Moho discontinuity, approximately 35 km) would benefit from representative thermal conductivity values (Vosteen and Schellschmidt 2003), and given the sensitivity we have seen in the range of 20 300 °C, representative values may not currently exist.
Further, reagents may not currently exist that would permit complete immunologic testing (18, 19 ).
In the current debate about ensuring UHC, although there are arguments against voluntary schemes, CBHI schemes, where they currently exist, may still serve as a means to providing health insurance to those in the informal sector as well as those in rural locations.
The technology may be viable (and awesome!) for home use in the future, but other options currently exist that may be better for most people.
In the U.S. energy conservation arena, such means currently exist and may be expanded to cover health-related issues as well.
It is likely that such a group could erode many of the barriers that currently exist, which may lead to the development of robust programs of clinical research.
Nonetheless, it is an aspect of behaviour for which no sensitive monitoring tools currently exist and may be detected only when it has already had an undesirable impact on the patient's life.
Because ideal systems with near perfect sensitivity and specificity do not currently exist, and may be very difficult to produce for use in the field, users of available systems are faced with substantial challenges when interpreting the results from diagnostic tests.
