“Seemingly on a roll, OptumHealth, the consumer facing health and wellness division of United Health Group (UHG), the nation’s largest health insurer, announced yesterday that it will support health record portability by allowing members to export their Optum PHR data to HealthVault. Basically, what this means is that any user of the Optum PHR (formerly know as Health AtoZ which is free to any and all, not just UHG members – it is ad supported) will be able to move their health data out of the Optum PHR and into HealthVault, with HealthVault serving as a long-term, independent data repository that is controlled by the consumer. This action follows on the footsteps of a similar announcement by Aetna in October.”
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John Moore, Chilmark Research, 30 December 2008
