Richard Chennault
It appears that a true user centered identity management solution for the healthcare market is on the cusp of reality. In June Microsoft with little fan fair incorporated OpenID into the PHR HealthVault. A health care company and Microsoft recently demonstrated (or at least attempted) their joint collaboration of PHR/EMR interoperability between the electronic medical … Read More “OpenID, Microsoft and health care” »
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” »
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” »
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” »
There was a breakout session, or un-conference if you are hip to the lingo, at the Web 2.0 Expo. It was a short 40 minutes and the discussion was far ranging. There were not to many so we all had a chance to say, “Hi I am Joe Smith and I work at some other … Read More “Web 2.0 Expo and Health 2.0” »