“Many of struggled with the HealthVault interface. Since launching HealthVault, Microsoft has maintained that HealthVault is not a PHR, but a data store in which a consumer may load many health data types including claims data (Aetna and United Health Group), clinical data (NY Presbyterian and MedStar or anyone else that can provide a CCD or CCR file format) to medication data (CVS), lab data (Labs of America and webLab) and a consumer’s own biometric data via the Connection Center. But it is the various apps that reside above the data store that tap this data and present it in some useful way to the consumer to make it actionable. While simple in theory, this can at times be difficult, confusing and simply a pain.”
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John, EMR (EHR) and HIPAA, 21 April 2009
