As part of the PB3, we implemented a whitelist of types that are allowed to be uploaded to HealthVault using the File object. You can fetch the current list from the platform using the following: ServiceInfo info = ApplicationConnection.GetServiceDefinition...

We've set up a HealthVault Feedback site on Microsoft Connect. You can use it to report bugs that you have found, or make suggestions.

Sean has written a nice explanation about how HIPPA relates to HealthVault. In case you missed the link in his post, here's a direct link to the HealthVault HIPPA Position Paper .

[Update: Removed PB3 reference - this has been around for a while] HealthVault provides a way for applications to store information associated with the current user. This is done using the ApplicationSettings class, which can be get and set through...

HealthVault Vocabulary Browser

If you look at any of the sample applications, you'll find: public partial class VocabularyPage : HealthServicePage The HealthServicePage does a lot for you, but it has the disadvantage of requiring you to use that page as a base class. In PB3,...

Optional Authorization The current application authorization scheme only supports a single decision by the user - either they grant the application access to all the types the application might ever want to use, or they don't. This doesn't allow...

In addition to the changes in the HealthVault API, there have also been changes in this release to the HealthVault shell. Sign In User Experience We simplified the sign-in process in our PB3 release. Until now, users have have to view two pages...

This release provides a new way to manage relationships between instances. Each data instance now supports a collection of relationships, stored in CommonData.RelatedItems. The items in this collection are of type HealthRecordItemRelationship, which...

Digital signatures provide a way of verifying the source of a data item. The HealthRecordItem.TypeSpecificData XML is signed using the functionality present in the System.Security.Cryptography.Xml.SignedXml class. The signing functionality shows up...

We are happy to announce the availability of a new HealthVault SDK , which will work with the new release recently deployed to the HealthVault servers. This release has the internal codename "PB3", which we've decided to use as the released name so...

At least one of us (Eric) is going to be going to TechEd this year the week before our partner conference. We'll have two lunchtime talks - one that is an overall introduction to HealthVault, and a second that is going to be remarkably similar to the...

HealthVault Solutions Conference 2008 will be held June 9th and 10th at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Washington. Come to learn more about HealthVault, talk with the team members, meet a bunch of the other HealthVault solution providers, see exciting...

As you may already know, we've made some changes recently in how we create and modify data types on the HealthVault platform, and now that a few of us are up to speed on the process, we hope to get these happening more quickly. If you have interest...

If you get this message at the bottom of the shell auth page on the developer servers, it's possible that you have ShellUrl set to: https://www.healthvault-ppe.com when it should be: https://account.healthvault-ppe.com

Do you use the CHM file (ie .NET API docs) that ships as part of the SDK, or do you just use the online docs on MSDN? We're trying to determine if we need to use both.

Connection center can send device data either to the HealthVault Consumer Environment ( https://platform.healthvault.com/platform ) or the HealthVault Developer Environment ( https://platform.healthvault-ppe.com/platform ). Environment-switching is...

Scheming for Schemas

Work on your Vocabulary. The word for today is "CodableValue"

Dealing with PersonalImage

We will be performing routine maintenance on the HealthVault Developer Environment servers between 5pm and 6pm Pacific Time next Wednesday, Oct 5th. Intermittent outages are possible during this maintenance window. We plan on using a similar time window...

There have been some recent inquiries that have necessitated guidance on network firewall configurations. Here is a quick summary on port configurations. The actual enabling of these firewall ports requires specific instructions for that type of firewall...

I guess this is the moment - we are really excited to let you know that we are opening up health vault!! More details about this and our commitment to openess are in our Chief Architect, Sean Nolan's blog post . We are really thrilled about this and are...

We've created a new data types blog that we're going to use to get your input on new data types.

This is a minor SDK release. User Quotas The HealthVault platform puts a quota limit on how much information can be stored in a HealthVault record. With this SDK release, some of that information is now exposed. HealthRecordInfo (usually accessed...