Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault have both been in the news lately. In this example, the patient was able to see her test results via her Google Health Account. Both companies are forming alliances with other software companies that will allow for the accounts to become a repository for information. The charts can be accessed from any computer with Internet access. Physicians will begin to have access to records as patients grant access. With the Kaiser announcement this week, physicians may be seeing records sooner when a patient is treated out of network and has access to their charts. Both programs have a fairly simple interface so there is not much of a learning curve at all. BD
When Mary Adams had a mammogram in October, she didn't have to wait for a call from her doctor — or even a note in the mail — to get her results. Instead, she got a message from her Cleveland Clinic doctor that her online health record had been updated. She logged onto MyChart, one of the nation's first online sites for personal health records, and voilà, there were the results: Everything was normal.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-06-11-online-medical-records_N.htm
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