This is a little different and the next phase with using a PHR (personal health record) to bring patients and physicians together in working with chronic disease treatments and plans. The Cleveland Clinic will enroll 400 participants and their physicians and provide devices for the patients to...
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on 11-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Physician, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Health Records, HealthVault, integration, Cleveland Clinic, Microsoft HealthVault, blood pressure monitors, glucose monitors, Chronic disease
Very nice hospitals putting the effort in to helping patients learn how to use a personal health records, in this case, HeatlhVault from Microsoft. Just created one for my mother last evening and we plan to sign up in the next few days for the $9.00 a year fax service where any item can be faxed...
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on 10-17-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Document management, E-faxing
Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet does a nice write up here on his visit to the physician and yes, us “geeks” find our way there too We are probably some of the most curious patients to arrive, as we are looking constantly to see what technology is being used in the medical offices, as it is a known fact...
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on 10-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, Hospital, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, McKesson, Common User Interface, HealthVault, integration, Amalga, Stark Law, NextGen, ZDNet Healthcare
The service states that you are usually connected to a physician within 30 minutes of either a phone call or logging on to the computer to setup a consultation. Charges are $59.00 for a consult. You do need to establish an account before using the service. It requires that you fill...
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on 10-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, EMR, Physician, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Google, Google Health, Telemedicine, HealthVault, consultations, SwiftMD
I finally had time to take a look around in detail at some of the new features. The one that is very simple for anyone is the $9.00 a year fax service. This is neat as you get a dedicated fax number that you can give to anyone to send a fax, and the document will be found in your HealthVault Account...
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on 10-03-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Document management, E-faxing
More news from Microsoft and partners on the HealthVault this week. About a month ago I posted on the new campaign aimed at consumers that is starting at the pharmacy level to promote e-Prescribing . Well that time is here as efforts are under way. I was at an practice this week and...
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on 06-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, EMR, microsoft, EHR, Health Care, PHR, e-Prescriptions, HealthVault
The competition for being “connected” with personal health records continues. Earlier this year Google made their announcements and this agreement with Kaiser looks to be pretty substantial. The key now is to encourage more consumers to take an interest in their health and establish a PHR...
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on 06-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Medical Records, EHR, Microsoft Healthcare, Electronic Medical Records, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente