I spend quite a bit of time here posting about new developments and yes I have both a Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault account, I do comparisons, etc. I see many very prolific bloggers and journalists talking about PHRs too, but something that pops into mind here, do they have one? It sure...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, PHR, Google Health, Clincal Trials, Personal Health Records, Health 2.0, Microsoft HealthVault
This will be interesting to see which direction this may go, as today, we certainly have so many modules of code that have already been written and portions of one module could be combined with others. Just earlier this year Mayo announced working with Microsoft Health Vault for Personal Health...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, PHR, GE, HealthVault, integration, Mayo Clinic, Pittsburgh, Montefiore, UPMC
There are many companies out there who have some very elaborate data bases and software to connect participants and investigators; however, what appears to be missing here is the patient and physician involvement at the point of care. When looking for new participants it makes perfect sense to...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Clincal Trials, Personal Health Records, Health 2.0, Microsoft HealthVault
We all long for the day that all practices and hospitals can transmit medical records and talk to each other, but as we all know it is not there yet and will continue to evolve, and add on today’s economic crisis, something that is already slowing down the wheels of progress here. But, the PHR...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records
This is an update on a post from a few days ago, now the target date looks to be in December, and don’t quote me for sure, but you can almost bet their will be some interoperability built in when completed. BD From a few days ago: Microsoft is lead developer on military Personal Health Records...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records
This is a good pilot program but the real danger here is: “Each vendor will be responsible for marketing its program to consumers, and each has adopted its own privacy protections.” Once more the consumer will be subjected to additional marketing and thrown a bone to figure out which choice they feel...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, medicare, Education, PHR, Google, Personal Health Records, Arizona, PHR Pilot program
There’s probably no bigger fan of PHRs than yours truly here, but where’s the awareness and out reach here, it doesn’t exist. The technology is out there, but what good is it if nobody uses it or realizes the value. Consumers, much less doctors and clinical staff all over have not a clue...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-13-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Education, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, Microsoft HealthVault