Posted 10:33AM EST, June 11, 2008
Kaiser partners with Microsoft's HealthVault
Kaiser Permanente announced that it is partnering with Microsoft's HealthVault personal health records platform to offer its members a way to manage their own health data. A Kaiser employee pilot is planned before a full rollout of the service at a later date.
On Monday, Kaiser Permanente announced a partnership with Microsoft's HealthVault service. Kaiser seeks to offer its members the ability to manage their own health records online through Microsoft's service. Kaiser is a large health system offering America's leading integrated health plan.
Kaiser's 159,000 employees will be offered the service through HealthVault as a pilot before access is given to Kaiser's millions of members.
Google was also being considered, but in a New York Times report, a Kaiser official cited HIPAA related security reasons when describing the decision to go with HealthVault.
Source: Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, The New York Times.
Kaiser's 159,000 employees will be offered the service through HealthVault as a pilot before access is given to Kaiser's millions of members.
Google was also being considered, but in a New York Times report, a Kaiser official cited HIPAA related security reasons when describing the decision to go with HealthVault.
Kaiser chose the Microsoft technology, even though Ms. (Anna-Lisa) Silvestre is a member of a group of health professionals advising Google. Ms. Silvestre said Kaiser had also looked closely at Google, but had been particularly impressed by Microsoft’s technology for protecting the privacy and security of personal data.Audio from the News Conference Call is available at Microsoft's website, as well as a transcript.
Source: Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, The New York Times.
