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Microsoft gets its first award for HealthVault

Microsoft gets its first award for HealthVaultHe and others should continue to log activityat the President's Challenge site:http://www.presidentschallenge.org/thought achieving a silver or gold is pretty-hard from what I understand!Behind the linkLast time I saw Denise Austin she was selling potatoes as health food.

Tags: Vertical industries, Microsoft Gets, HealthVault, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Google Health is Tom Sawyer work

Google Health is Tom Sawyer workIs Google your ObamaPlease Dan, this is so totally off-base as to not even be funny. Google has partners and so does HealthVault. Google offers a rudimentary PHR that relies heavily on the consumer to populate, HealthVault is not even a PHR but...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Google Inc., Tom Sawyer, HealthVault, PHR, Google Health, health care

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Healthvault asks the questions while Google goes beta

Healthvault asks the questions while Google goes betaHealthvault asks the questions while Google goes betaI would never use Google's health services. Simply for the reason they are not certified and have no experience in this field. Google is the biggest violator of privacy rights, something everyone in the healthcare...

Tags: HIPAA, Google Inc., HealthVault, covered entity, beta

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Healthvault asks the questions while Google goes beta

Microsoft is way ahead of Google in asking the questions which need answering before either company can demand everyone's health records. Over the last week Microsoft has put out specific promises on privacy and interoperability for the community to review. (The picture is from the blog of...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Healthvault, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-21

HealthVault is a sick joke

HealthVault is a sick jokeThis blog exacerbates thecancerous poison that is destroying the very foundation of this once great nation. Greed. Pure and simple. Everything now is all about the Benjamin's and nothing else matters.Too bad too. ]:)But hey not all of us are that pathetic!Microsoft's Commitment is absolute!Seeing another...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., HIPAA, insurance, HealthVault, health care

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

HealthVault is a sick joke

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is doing great work overseas to improve health. Hey, how about some attention here in the US of A? Homepage option: download device drivers! HealthVault is Microsoft's online health management and device driver download web site. The pitch: ...

Tags: Fact, Health Care, HealthVault, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-10-12

PrivacyPlace fisks HealthVault

PrivacyPlace fisks HealthVaultEHR set back has nothing to do with HealthVaultEHR is set back for years for so many reasons which have nothing to do with the HealthVault.EHR is a noble concept but in application very technically difficult to achieve and at best fragile.Top that off with everything Healthcare-wise being...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, HealthVault, eHR

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

PrivacyPlace fisks HealthVault

The term fisking, a detailed rebuttal of someone else's statements and assertions, is fairly common to blogging but uncommon in health care. Today The Privacy Place gave a good fisking to Microsoft's HealthVault. The group's problems are these: HealthVault is not...

Tags: Privacy Statement, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., HealthVault, Privacy Place, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-09

HealthVault: Account Data Central (Screen Shots: A Peek Inside Microsoft's New HealthVault)

HealthVault: Account Data Central (Screen Shots: A Peek Inside Microsoft's New HealthVault)Why are some people so preoccupied with their health?Do we really need to follow all this information about ourselves? Or is medicine so lousy that we need to do it. AS for trust, if we trust Kaiser Permanente, why...

Tags: HealthVault, Screen Shots, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Additional Resources

Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?

I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...

Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Privacy, Domain Name, OpenID, Domain Names, Security, Networking, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Tennessee midwifes AT&T entry into EMR big time

Turns out today's agreement, which takes AT&T's eHealth system nationwide through a link with HealthVault was actually midwifed by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Tennessee, Covisint, AT&T Corp., Microsoft HealthVault, RHIO, SharedHealth, Insurance, Telephony, E-health, Healthcare, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Microsoft in The House for diabetes

The House is the nickname of Morehouse College in Atlanta. You may think of it as a Black Harvard, although its 2008 valedictorian was a white guy. Whatever, a very classy institution. The House now has a friend in Redmond. It's Microsoft's HealthVault unit,...

Tags: Program, Mobile, Atlanta, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., House, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Kaiser links with Microsoft HealthVault

Kaiser links with Microsoft HealthVaultTrust my health data to Microsoft?With their "security" history, NO WAY !

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Microsoft HealthVault, Kaiser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Kaiser links with Microsoft HealthVault

Kaiser Permanente will test data transfers to Microsoft HealthVault, creating a mechanism where over 2 million people will be able to quickly create Personal Health Records over the next year. The Kaiser system goes by the name My Health Manager. Kaiser spent an estimated...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Kaiser Permanente, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Microsoft increases Be Well prize fund by 50%

Microsoft has bumped the Be Well fund meant to jump-start HealthVault applications by 50%, to $4.5 million. It also named its judging panel. Most are names well-known only in the computing or medical industries, like Google-ex Adam Bosworth, longevity guru Mark Liponis, and medical dean Valerie Montgomery...

Tags: Panel, Microsoft Corp., Newt, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-28

VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable RFID chips; Would you buy?

VeriChip said Tuesday it will begin pitching its implantable RFID chips directly to consumers in a move that aims to link doctors directly to personal health records. VeriChip said it will launch a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign in South Florida on April 28. The general idea appears...

Tags: VeriChip, Health Care, RFID Chip, Personal Health Record, Chip, Microsoft HealthVault, Health Link, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-22

News to know: AOL, Linux; Mac clones; Mobile Web

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing Robin Harris: 2.5" disks to become new standard in 2009 TechRepublic: 10 common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software Christopher Dawson: My kid hates...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mobile, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Open Source, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Microsoft gets its first award for HealthVault

Microsoft HealthVault has won its first industry award, from Frost & Sullivan, as the company ramps up the marketing of its hospital computing solutions. The award is a "Best Practices" honor for the HealthVault platform which, analyst Priyanka Gouthaman writes, gives Microsoft "a distinct early-mover advantage" to  "gain...

Tags: Peter Neupert, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft HealthVault, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Microsoft delivers first commercial version of healthcare-info system

Amalga, the product formerly known as Azyxxi (wow, try saying that ten times fast), is finally out as a commercial product. On April 9, Microsoft announced that its healthcare-information-system product -- which has been used for more than 10 years by MedStar Health System, the organization from...

Tags: Patient, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Amalga, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Google vs. Microsoft game is afoot

Google vs. Microsoft game is afootI still don't get why anyone wants a PHR...I'd much rather use the EMR web access provided by my health care provider, since it is always up-to-date and I don't need to spend all my time filling it in. Plus I can schedule appointments...

Tags: Games, Vertical industries, Google Inc., Fred, Microsoft Corp., game

Discussion threads 2008-03-04