In further evidence that the Microsoft HealthVault team might actually be making good on a move towards real openness. Sean Nolan has addressed some of my criticisms in a post entitled Sharing Data using HealthVault I have updated the post in question to correct the errors that I had made. However, even with the correction […]
Tag: HealthVault
Google Health vs. HealthVault round 1
Everyone is talking about Googles new PHR offering vs. Microsoft HealthVault. Mostly the talk is drivel. I was able to get a seat at the Press Interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt at HIMSS and, I kid you not, two reporters asked “Is the data in Google Health covered by HIPAA?” within five minutes of […]
Meeting Dr. Peel
Medsphere, and the Shreeve Tragedy have left me a little jaded. I have little patience for those who threaten the health FOSS community. Believe it or not, I rarely allow my aggression to turn public. I can think of at least 5 friendships with current FOSS community members, that began with rather nasty emails originating […]
HealthVault: becoming un-Microsoft?
What I have read this morning almost made me choke on my cheerios. Neil Versel (one of the most in-the-loop Health IT journalist I know) turned me on to a blog post from Sean Nolan, that I obviously did not want to miss. The post, aptly titled Opening up the Vault revealed several important claims: […]
HealthVault: Michael Zimmer digs deeper
Michael Zimmer, a new media commentator and blogger, that I had not heard of before now has gotten access to the HealthVault team. He just wrote a new post called “Designing for Privacy: Microsoft HealthVault” that is worth reading from start to finish. There are several interesting things about his post. First, he details several […]
Healthvault: In summary, so far.
Lets review the problems with HealthVault. Most of my posts have been centered on the problem with Dr. Deborah Peels endorsement of Microsoft’s Healthvault. In Medically, Legally, and Politically Savvy but Technically Uninformed. I discuss the fact that Dr. Deborah Peel has endorsed Healthvault, despite being totally unqualified to do so. I also note that […]
HealthVault Response: Lucid comments from Fred Fortin
The World Healthcare Blog recently had a post that quoted a portion of a post from my HealthVault series. In the post, titled, What Will Patients Expect in the Completeness of Their Electronic Medical Records? Fred Fortin extends upon my comments about the complexity of patient privacy with some lucid questions about the implications of […]
HealthVault: Software Freedom and Personal Health Records
My next article on HealthVault, does not belong here on FredTrotter.com, I am a guest blogger over on free software magazine and when I have an issue that touches on software freedom, I like to post it there (where it will be read more…) Please enjoy HealthVault: Software Freedom and Personal Health Records -FT […]
HealthVault: Medically, Legally, and Politically Savvy but Technically Uninformed.
Dr. Deborah Peel has endorsed Microsoft’s HealthVault PHR. From the Patient Privacy Rights press release: PatientPrivacyRights.Org founder, Dr. Deborah C. Peel, will stand with Microsoft in Washington, D.C today at a press conference to announce the launch of HealthVault. Is Dr Peel qualified to make this recommendation? Please take a look at Dr. Deborah Peel’s […]
HealthVault: What to do if Microsoft does nothing
Somehow I doubt that Microsoft will respond to my criticisms. This is what the Free and Open Source community needs to attempt if Microsoft refused to budge. We need to write a tool, using the Microsoft HealthVault API to export the data from HealthVault. Preferably this should export to a standard format, but comma delimited […]