HealthVault and Centralized Medical Records

July 23, 2009 in Security and Privacy,Technology with 5 Comments

Yesterday I watched President Obama’s speech about his ideas of national health care reform. One thing he talked about that has always been interesting to me is centralized medical records. It’s not a new idea coming from him, this premise has been around for a long time, but privacy and security issues have always been a killer for this conversation. This post isn’t about politics, it’s about technology. Today, less than 24 hours after watching that speech, I came across a new Microsoft service called HealthVault.

Microsoft HealthVault (currently in beta) is working to that end: centralized medical records. I’m sure the Microsoft jokes will abound, but my personal feeling is that they have the resources and know-how to pull this off properly…so much so that I signed up for an account. I have a lot on my plate for the rest of the summer so I’m not sure that I’ll be adding records anytime soon, but I like the idea. I’ve embeded the video below that explains (with cut out cartoon characters) what HealthVault (in theory) does. Do you know what else made me smile? They’re on Twitter.

What do you think…is this a move in the right direction, or a security disaster waiting to happen?

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5 Responses to “HealthVault and Centralized Medical Records”

HealthVault July 23, 2009 at 3:29 pm #

HealthVault and Centralized Medical Records, read why Matt Singley signed up for HealthVault account http://bit.ly/y4FrE

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MissTrade July 23, 2009 at 3:30 pm #

HealthVault and Centralized Medical Records http://bit.ly/y4FrE

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mattsingley July 23, 2009 at 6:01 pm #

Microsoft takes a shot at centralized medical records with @healthvault. Do you trust it? http://bit.ly/bcb6d

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lakelady July 23, 2009 at 6:13 pm #

Hell no! RT @mattsingley:Microsoft takes a shot at centralized medical records with @healthvault. Do you trust it? http://bit.ly/bcb6d

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mattsingley July 24, 2009 at 2:30 am #

Microsoft takes a shot at centralized medical records with @healthvault. Do you trust it? http://bit.ly/bcb6d

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