August 2008 - Posts

• For Review: Genetic SNP Result

  This type is intended to store the results of a genetic SNP test. If you want to know more about what a SNP is, I recommend reading the NCBI primer . The data stored in this type is fairly simple – a small amount of metadata, and then a large list of Read More... Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:30 AM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Proposed: HealthVault CSV data format

  Please comment on the following proposal… Some types of data – such as exercise sample data or genetic test data – store large amounts of data. Storing that data in an XML format involves a considerable amount of overhead, and the data is therefore stored Read More... Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 3:19 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Using the Question answer type

  This document contains general guidelines for using the Question answer data type. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the QuestionAnswer member documentation for more information. This data type stores a question that Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:33 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Using the health assessment type

  This document contains general guidelines for using the Health assessment data type. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the HealthAssessment member documentation for more information. The health assessment type is used Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:32 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Using the body composition type

  This document contains general guidelines for using the body composition data type. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the BodyComposition documentation for more information. This types stores measurements of the record Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:32 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Using the HeartRate type

  This document contains general guidelines for using the HeartRate data type. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the HeartRate documentation for more information. In HealthVault, heart rate measurements can be recorded Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:32 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Using the BloodOxygenSaturation type

  This document contains general guidelines for using the BloodOxygenSaturation data type. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the BloodOxygenSaturation documentation for more information. This type is intended primarily Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:32 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments

• Using the Group Membership types

  This document contains general guidelines for using the group membership data types. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the GroupMembership and GroupMembershipActivity documentation for more information. The group membership Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:32 PM by ericgu | 2 Comments

• Using the Medication types

  This document contains general guidelines for using the Medication and MedicationFill types. It does not cover all the information that is stored in the type – see the Medication and MedicationFill member documentation for more information. The Medication Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:33 PM by ericgu | 2 Comments

• Preview: Exercise (updated Aerobic session type)

  We’ve been working on a new version of the Aerobic session type. We have the following goals: Split out the session sample data (such as heart rate samples) so that you only load the data that you want to use. Generalize the sample data approach to allow Read More... Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 3:48 PM by ericgu | 1 Comments