I just got back from a great couple of days at the Health:Refactored conference --- a new show put on by the Health 2.0 folks that brings a slightly more technical bent than your typical “Healthcare IT” conference. The Computer History Museum...

Super quick post because it's just too much text to put into a tweet. ;) We get the question a lot --- with the HealthVault iPhone, Windows Phone and Windows 8 mobile apps --- what's the story with Android? Because we're both app and platform, there...

Good very early morning from gate 1 at Lafayette Regional Airport , waiting for my flight home after a great visit to the second annual Cajun Codefest . As I gushed last year , this is a truly special place with a combination of awesomeness that I’ve...

Hands down the most underutilized feature of HealthVault to date has been our ability to store and share full-fidelity DICOM images . Not only is medical imagery incredibly valuable for diagnosis and tracking purposes, it’s also super-expensive...

Unlike some others, I’m optimistic about the creation of CommonWell and its potential for making more information available to caregivers where and when it’s needed. Not because it’s a new idea, but because I’m lucky enough to...

In my last post, I talked about how our Windows 8 HealthVault app integrates with the new “ Sharing Charm ” to do some pretty cool stuff, like sharing photos and other files directly from the Camera to HealthVault. But as great as that stuff...

HealthVault means a ton to me --- as you might gather if you see me driving around Bellevue in my new Fiat 500C with the totally awesome custom “HealthVault” racing stripes (thanks Jody !). HealthVault is easy to love … moving us towards...

For the first year in a long time, I’m sitting out the HIMSS show and staying home --- which is awesome since I’m not a big fan of travelling for work, but provides an amazing perspective on just how many folks DO attend. I’ve nearly...

I have to admit to a certain amount of impatience with most debates about patient engagement. Much like a conversation about gun control or abortion, many people have established their opinions without a lot of critical thought and conversations devolve...

When it rains it pours! What with NOKR , 1212 , MS-HUG and our new iPhone app , seems like I’m writing a new post every twenty minutes. But the good news keep coming, so here’s another one…. Over the holiday, I happened upon a new...

Since its launch in the United States last August, HealthVault for the iPhone has consistently been one of our highest volume apps. It’s just a darn good app both for daily tracking and for keeping important family information safely in your pocket...

Each year, our uber-healthcare group at Microsoft runs an awards program on behalf of the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (HUG, get it?). It’s a great opportunity to showcase the work that is being done all around the Microsoft ecosystem, including...

I have been a big fan of the Next of Kin Registry for a long time. Mark and his team have taken a grassroots, non-nonsense, get-it-done approach to helping people find each other in times of emergency or disaster. They didn’t go out and seek millions...

My job at HealthVault is to be a pragmatist. If somebody has information they want to get into HealthVault, my #1 job is to get it there --- no matter what format it’s in. That means we accept hand-entered data, scans, uploaded files, CDs and DVDS...

OK, now that everyone has set up their emergency profile in HealthVault … You HAVE set up your profile, right? If not --- go do that now . It takes five minutes and you and your family will be safer for it. You’ll enjoy telling your friends...

While it’s certainly cliché, this really is a great time of the year to “reset” a few things and make sure that each new year is just a little better than the last. Most of us have had a little time off to share food, games and...

There are a million incredible ways that HealthVault can help improve healthcare, and I love to talk about each and every one of them. But if you really step back and look at where we’re moving the needle today, one uber-scenario is clearly dominant...

Greetings from 35,000 feet en route to sort-of-snowy Toronto --- up early this morning to get back in the saddle after a fantastic break for Thanksgiving in the US. My daughter was home for the first time after leaving for her freshman year at Pomona...

The important part of this post Woo Hoo! US-based users have a great new option for connecting fitness data to HealthVault --- go check out FitnessSyncer for a free account to integrate information from: Garmin Connect MapMyFitness (And all...

Just about a year ago we launched the HealthVault emergency prep feature . It’s a great and simple way to collect your family’s information in one place, keep it up to date using automated connections, and make it available in an emergency...

Today the ONC Privacy and Security Tiger Team was supposed to be having a hearing on consumer identity proofing for health. Needless to say the weather put a crimp in that plan, even though it was by teleconference. Since I had my content actually prepared...

My daughter and I are big fans of apocalypse entertainment . In particular, I’m drawn to stories of how “regular” people have to overcome the loss of those little, implicit dependencies we rarely think about --- what happens when your...

HealthVault is all about making health information available everywhere --- something I had a great time reinforcing a couple of weeks ago at Health 2.0 when I built, compiled and ran a HealthVault iPhone app live on stage in just two minutes. My favorite...

Sitting here on Amtrak train 14 --- the Coast Starlight that runs from Los Angeles up to Seattle (I jumped on in Portland for a quick four hour ride home). It’s a wonderful trip, so completely different than the ridiculous cattle call that is travelling...

Thanks to all who joined us for the SoTU III HealthVault webinar this morning! I’ve shared our slides below and look forward to following up with folks about our business model, Windows 8 focus, or our health space friends up in Canada. Lots of...