July 18, 2011
PHRs that don’t have the cachet of Microsoft and Google
Written by: Neil Versel
In case you were still of the opinion that Google and Microsoft were the major players and groundbreaking pioneers of personal health records, here’s a partial list of other companies that have been at it for at least as long. I believe CapMed goes back as far as 1991. Some have been bought by larger firms, but many are still independent.
Clip and save, or pass on to your favorite tech journalist that got snookered by the Google PR machine.
In any case, I remain unconvinced that the direct-to-consumer, “untethered” model—no connection to an electronic medical record unless the patient sets it up that way (and really, can any EMR today be configured like that anyway)—can grab more than a small subset of data geeks as customers.
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Your right, the PHR is not new nor unique to Google and MS.
However in isolation an untethered PHR offers little value to the patient, as the asymmetrical nature of health information is such that the bulk of the health information sits in the clinician’s record.
Though it’s limited to emergencies, I would include Medic Alert (MedicAlert.org) as an old, untethered PHR.
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Neil,
What about the partial EHR like websites such as the Nike+ training website? Sure, it’s designed to manage the information from the Nike training device that monitors how far you run, etc. However, this trend of connected devices reporting data to websites is very similar to a PHR and that data could potentially be used by doctors.
What is the best online healthcare record collaboration tool?…
I don’t think there’s a clear best PHR (Personal Health Record) out there yet. There are a lot of companies competing right now in this space. Neil Versel put together a nice list of these companies: http://www.meaningfulhitnews.com/2011/07/18/phrs-t...
Now that Google Health is closing up shop, what other PHR software are out there?…
Access Strategies CapMed ActiveHealth Management MEDecision HealthCapable MyMedLab NoMoreClipboard.com Carefx Good Health Network iPHER MedicalDrive.com MediKeeper Applied Research Works Source: http://www.meaningfulhitnews.com/2011/07/18/phrs-that-don...