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(Failing to) Get started with Healthvault
Personally-controlled health records (PCHRs) have great potential. Today, a patient’s “medical record” is actually a fragmented set of charts, discharge records, prescriptions, and more, sharded across the numerous places the patient has received treatment during his lifetime.
PCHRs increase record portability by (1) standardizing the way medical data is stored, and (2) putting it all in one place. Centralization comes with the additional benefit that the patient has full control over who can access his records.
Of course, centralization begets the question of who stores the records. Google, Microsoft, and Dossia are vying for pole position, with three different approaches to the storage and retrieval of health data.
This post recounts my experience getting started with HealthVault, Microsoft’s offering.
About me
I’m pretty average as software developers go: mid-twenties, primary computer is a Mac. I use git for revision control, unfuddle for project tracking, and mostly develop in Rails. I’ve been a professional developer for 3-4 years.
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