Microsoft Launches HealthVault
November 26, 2007
Microsoft has done it again. While Americans have been hearing inklings of the progress being made on digitizing their health records for a decade, that day may be fast approaching. Banks and retailers have long known how to provide account access to consumers through the internet. But a large majority of doctors’ offices and hospitals use paper records only. While there have always been privacy concerns about storing a patient’s medical history online, the benefits of doing so are compelling.
- What if you could access your cholesterol levels or immunizations online, without having to call your doctor?
From: Your Doctor | Subject: Your Health
November 12, 2007
This article from early 2007 reports that in a 2005 poll, an overwhelming majority of people said they had never received an email from their doctor. Given the growing use of email in all segments of society and for all kinds of relationships and tasks, the failure to use this easy communications tool in health care surprises many. Researchers say doctors have been to blame for the overly slow adoption of email as a way to share health information with patients. But times are changing and some think it will be sooner rather than later that your inbox will have a message from your physician in it.
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