Richard Chennault
It is Halloween, it is rainy and I’m sick. Thanks to a change of season and some unnecessary stress at work I’m now sick with a cold. Hopefully it is minor and I can get back to my cheery self soon. One thing I won’t be doing is calling into any health related telephone numbers.
The CEO of Aetna presented which gave some gravitas to the presentation. However he started off by bragging about how big they are. 3200 employees in information technology, fifth largest data warehouse and third largest health plan. When you sign in you can go to your PHR by member. Funny guy the president of Aetna … Read More “Health 2.0: Aetna” »
Microsoft HealthVault and another company jointly demonstrated their collaboration of exchanging a health summary from the health care company to Microsoft HealthVault. The solution requires patients create accounts at the health companies website and MS HealthVault. Once logged into the health companies site a link enabling the exchange of health information from electronic medical record … Read More “Health 2.0: Microsoft HealthVault and a health care company” »
WebMD WebMD health record enables printing and faxing records to health providers. It can track basic labs. The information can be imported by screening exam done at the work site or the reference lab. WebMD PHR has a medication list. It flags allergies. WebMD will work with employer to incorporate drug health plan benefits of … Read More “Health 2.0: WebMD” »
Today is Sunday Oct. 19 2008. I tried calling in to the appointment and advice phone bank for my wife. She has a seriously bad sore throat. The representative stated their computer system is down and they are unable to retrieve any information. They said it had been down for awhile this morning and to … Read More “When the phone bank is offline” »
I’ve had a storied career, well maybe not storied but an interesting one I should think. Well maybe not interesting but at least I ain’t pick’n cotton. Not there is anything wrong with picking cotton I’m just not doing it. Anyway… Today was an awesome day at work. I had the chance to do something … Read More “The way Wii are” »
Working in a large health care environment it is easy to think that the hospital, clinic, what have you is the center of care. Indeed in my own thinking I often think that while care starts at the home it inevitably ends up at some medical center whether that be real or virtual (i.e call … Read More “It is the patient stupid” »
Today’s contender is eHealthOpinion. First the site is a sight for people with good eye site. Really, they’ve managed to cram 386 words into the first page. Now I’m not sure what the standard word count should be on a page but if you compare it to Google’s Health of just under 100 words one … Read More “Health 2.0 One Minute Review eHealthOpinion” »
Now that both solutions are available (Google just launched) a quick comparison is in order. This is a first impression entry. As I delve deeper into the systems I’ll post more. In general Google Health (GH) is what you would expecet from a personal health record (PHR). It is designed for end user to quickly … Read More “Google Health vs. Microsoft HealthVault” »
Being sick is a pain. Whether you are suffering from a broken leg or that rash in that certain place that just keeps itchin; it is all no good. But what do you do if you are low on cash, agoraphobic and a house bunny? Well, you go to MEDgle and self-diagnose yourself. Once you’ve … Read More “Feel’n bad? Check into MEDgle” »