The HealthVault Nickel Tour

This just in -- sharing health data is hard.

Family Health Guy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:39:06 GMT

The folks at Google Health have been taking it on the chin this week, after the Boston Globe ran an article

Disappointed.

Family Health Guy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:21:31 GMT

I thought a lot about whether I should write this one or not. For sure there's a set of people who are

Awkward Turtle...

Family Health Guy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:33:25 GMT

It's been a classic good/bad day. On the good side --- we announced our relationship with Aetna , which

RE: costs of connectivity

Sean Nolan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:00:49 GMT

Fred, thanks for your thoughts here ... I completely agree that in order to get used the interfaces have to (a) be integrated in with your existing tools, and (b) be priced in a way that allows them to be ubiquitous.

We're working hard on both counts. We have active engagements with most of the big EMR vendors who are integrating into their products. This takes awhile to get done, but it is happening.

As for costs --- we made HealthVault connectivity free for specifically the reason you bring up... taking a "toll" on communications between patients and doctors is neither useful or realistic at this point in time. As vendors implement connectivity, I assume they will take different approaches to getting it out there --- some making it part of their base product, and others using an upsell model. At the end of the day --- those features that aren't free from vendors will have to stand up on their own from a return-on-investment perspective, and as a good capitalist I'm confident that the market (YOU!) will tell them what works and what doesn't. :)

It is certainly a lot of fun. I very much appreciate getting your perspective and hope you'll continue to let me/us know what you're thinking.

---S

re: The HealthVault Nickel Tour

Fred Grover Jr.M.D. — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:06:06 GMT

HealthVault appears to have potential. However, I don't believe physicians will tap into this unless we can interface it with our existing electronic health records for free. I'd love to be able to upload immunization records, past medical history, meds, etc, and would likewise appreciate the download from patient entry from this portal.The costs of maintaining a ehr are already prohibitive, and without a free interface with major vendors, it will seldom be used by docs. I can pay an additional fee on top of my approx 2 grand a year renewal to get a web portal with my e-md software, but as a solo doc this is tapping me out financially. Additionally having to open seperate applications, and re-enter data, copy/paste or print up and scan data etc is inefficient and will decrease usership as well.

I'm hopeful that microsoft will partner with most ehr's to create a bridge that is secure, free and easy to use for providers and patients. Quicken financial does it pretty well for online personal banking, but I'd want it to be even cleaner and more efficient than their process. I haven't been too impressed with the interfaces of labs (ie labcorp and quest) so I worry about how well more complex info over hl7 will transfer from webbased independent platform to ehr. just a few thoughts!

Thanks,

Fred

fgroverjr@yahoo.com

PHR Platforms Race: HealthVault Updated, Consumer Interest Still Unproven

Trusted.MD Network — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:07:43 GMT

Last two years brought unprecedented interest in Personal Health Records (PHRs). Started in healthcare industry outlets the excitement crossed over into traditional media and the expectations are high. Over the last year I have written a few pieces abou

The HealthVault Nickel Tour

HealthVault — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:10 GMT

The HealthVault Nickel Tour , from HealthVault architect Sean Nolan.

re: The HealthVault Nickel Tour

Nowell Outlaw — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:57:23 GMT

Sean -

I've been following healthvault for some time. We're just about to launch facetofacehealth.com - I recently read your post about matching people to others based upon clinical trials. This is essentially what facetofacehealth is all about - we built HealthMatch which will automatically match people together based upon condition/medication/treatments/etc. You can also build custom searches/etc.

I would like to figure out how to programatically integrate the site with HealthVault/Live Search so users can search for health content.

my email: noutlaw@facetofacehealth.org

Regards,

Nowell Outlaw

President/CEO FacetoFaceHealth

HealthVault Surges, Google Flounders « Chilmark Research

HealthVault Surges, Google Flounders « Chilmark Research — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:23:08 GMT

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