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HealthVault clobbering Google in PHR race

HealthVault clobbering Google in PHR raceand who said MS's image is tarnishedgood on you MSRE: HealthVault clobbering Google in PHR raceGoogle never does it's job at face to face customer interactions, relying on the 'community' to discover and implement GApps almost on their own.If there's one industry that needs its...

Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, HealthVault, PHR, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Is Google Health falling behind in PHR market?

Is Google Health falling behind in PHR market?Yes, I agree with Roni's postHi Dana. Thoughtful post. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "passed [my] test" :), but fwiw, what Roni says in that post matches my view of things. I have a strong sense that he...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, E-health, Google Inc., Google Health, health care, PHR market, PHR

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Health records and the KISS of life

Health records and the KISS of lifeBig brother 2.0Socialism...Start with paperInstead of waiting for various companies and organizations getting their act together, the first step is to ensure that you have a laminated card in your wallet with the KISS information.Another issue is going to be that a lot of...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, PHR, health care, Health Record, Hypertension

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

Health records and the KISS of life

What Sarasohn-Kahn points out is an important word to remember in relating this to PHRs. That word is simplicity. I call simplicity in this case the KISS of life, as in Keep It Simple Stupid. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Data, Health Care, PHR, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, GPS, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Google Health opens pandora box of PHR sharing

Google Health opens pandora box of PHR sharingBut will the doctor be suedwhen he treats a patient incorrectlly as the patient did not want the doctor to know information because they felt "embarrased" about it, or felt it was not important enough to share with the doctor?Let doctors determine what...

Tags: Podcasts, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, E-health, patient, PHR, health care, Google Health, podcast, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

HL7 wants fewer standards, more patience on health IT

HL7 wants fewer standards, more patience on health ITAnd what about HIPAA?I am an IT admin in a university hospital, and I am required to make sure that ANY patient info is guarded like top secret information...which it should be.I just don't see how online medical records will ever be...

Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, E-health, HIPAA, health-IT, fewer standard, HL7, PHR

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

IBM-Google deal good, lazy media bad

IBM-Google deal good, lazy media badAgree with you, Dana, that?Keeping your PHR private is your job. It is under your control, and no one else?s. To assume, in a headline or anywhere else, that PHR data belongs to the company storing it is pure ignorance. To spread that nonsense is...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, HEALTHCARE, Blogging, Google Inc., PHR, media, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

PHRs are operating systems

PHRs are operating systemsNo, it's an applicationYou haven't given a single compelling reason why this is an operating system? It?s just a complex application. Maybe you don?t know what an operating system is. Not surprising: others in the IT press don?t know either.Chrome isn?t an operating system either.Overstating the problem[i]Second...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, PHR, operating system, health care

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

PHRs are operating systems

Personal Health Record software is not really an application. It's more like an operating system. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Health Care, PHR, Vertical Industries, Sales Strategy, Benefits, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-02

The biggest health IT story of 2008

The biggest health IT story of 2008The link isn't very usefulYou get this: "Welcome to D2D™ Please login using your username and password" And not a clue as to what to do from there.Sorry, should have been the next story.NT

Tags: health-IT

Discussion threads 2008-12-26

The biggest health IT story of 2008

Even health professionals don't know how to coordinate all their EHR data into a coherent PHR from which they can make wellness decisions. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Health Care, PHR, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-26

Should the state hold your PHR?

Should the state hold your PHR?look at other nations!So, the government is to represent the interests of its people, at least, that's what is said to be the case...now, if we look at all the nations in the world with a significant health care system set up, most have some...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, PHR, health care

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

The problem with PHRs

The problem with PHRsThe PHR I needThe most important PHR for me is one that would provide basic information in case I'm in the ER and need the data for the doctors.Besides a list of medications and doctor contacts I also need it to provide core information that would support...

Tags: Vertical industries, PHR

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

ExpressScripts faces sum of personal health record fears

ExpressScripts faces sum of personal health record fearsAnd better yet[i]But, as Jack Ryan teaches in Tom Clancy's spy novels, it is much wiser in the long run to face these threats down and counter than to give in to blackmail.[/i]And better still to have no secrets worth blackmailing.Anyone who commits...

Tags: Channel management, Web site development, PHR, personal health record fear, ExpressScripts, personal health record, Web

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

How electronic records reach your doctor

How electronic records reach your doctorAnd we know what flows downhill[i]It's an important lesson. In medicine change comes from the top down.[/i]Here in the basement, we don't get any choice about what drips on our heads, either.Did you ask her what the procedure was for you (you know, the person...

Tags: electronic record

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

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

Google Health makes its pitch

Google Health makes its pitchGiving people data...While I'm sure giving Google your data is good for their analytics division, I think there are other options for patient activists like http://righthealth.com and http://curehunter.com .I wonder what kind of business model they are going to put on this? Selling anonymous data...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Google Inc., PHR, health care, Google Health

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Are we our workers' keepers?

Last week I had dinner with Omid Moghadam [below left] and Anne Chapman of Intel. They had just had an interesting day meeting with a variety of would-be supporters in Washington: The Wall Street Journal had just broken – a week early – the news of a new coalition...

Tags: PHR, Uncategorized, health

Blog posts 2006-12-04

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Practice Fusion in PHR game

Any PracticeFusion practice, which may be paying nothing for its service, can thus offer a PHR to their patients, who also pay nothing. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Fusion, Games, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Obamicans rebranding NHIN-Connect as the Health Internet

Having health records moved nationwide under a set of open, accessible standards is also great news for Personal Health Record PHR systems like Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health, which may soon have a single set of open standards every proprietary system is writing to. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-02