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12-11-2008, 09:11
All, this appeared in nextgov.com yesterday, 10 December.
The Defense Department began testing an application on Friday that allows soldiers, veterans and their families to manage their personal health records online using programs provided by Google and Microsoft.
Comment on this article in The Forum.The department's Military Health System launched the feature, called MiCare, at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., where patients there can use either the patient-controlled health records application developed by Google, called Google Health, or Microsoft's health records application, Microsoft HealthVault, MHS said.
Both the health-records software tools provide online access to a variety of information for patients, including a list of their medications; allergies, lab and radiology results; data on past visits; upcoming appointments; and inpatient/outpatient documentation. The tools pull much of the information from the military health records stored in the Armed Forces Health Technology Longitudinal Application.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081208_4161.php?zone=ngtoday
The Defense Department began testing an application on Friday that allows soldiers, veterans and their families to manage their personal health records online using programs provided by Google and Microsoft.
Comment on this article in The Forum.The department's Military Health System launched the feature, called MiCare, at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., where patients there can use either the patient-controlled health records application developed by Google, called Google Health, or Microsoft's health records application, Microsoft HealthVault, MHS said.
Both the health-records software tools provide online access to a variety of information for patients, including a list of their medications; allergies, lab and radiology results; data on past visits; upcoming appointments; and inpatient/outpatient documentation. The tools pull much of the information from the military health records stored in the Armed Forces Health Technology Longitudinal Application.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081208_4161.php?zone=ngtoday