Personal health plans are moving forward with Blue Cross in Massachusetts joining the cause by providing information to be imported in to the PHR. This is just the start as I’m sure in the time this will be targeted to be a 2 way street, with insurers asking for other information from the patient that is stored in the account. It may not be immediate, but
down the road you can probably count on it.
Efforts to get additional information recently was in the news here in California with carriers wanting additional information on patients from the charts with the Los Angeles Times writing an article stating this was asking physicians “to rat on their patients”. Again, the patient can choose what to share and what not to share, so again,
requests as such may be forthcoming in time, especially when it comes to evaluating coverage for certain treatment plans. BD
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is the first health insurer to offer members services through Google Health. The Blues plan will enable members to import pertinent claims data into their personal health records. This could include medications, diagnoses and office visits, among other information. Integration with the consumer health portal of Mountain View, Calif.-based Google Inc. is expected to be complete this fall.
Blues Plan Joins Google Health
down the road you can probably count on it. Efforts to get additional information recently was in the news here in California with carriers wanting additional information on patients from the charts with the Los Angeles Times writing an article stating this was asking physicians “to rat on their patients”. Again, the patient can choose what to share and what not to share, so again, requests as such may be forthcoming in time, especially when it comes to evaluating coverage for certain treatment plans. BD 
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