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Microsoft Launches Health Search Application
By Daya Baran at October 04, 2007 0 CommentsMicrosoft launched a free web site for managing personal health and medical information called HealthVault. The site search will be powered by Live.com and the web site will be ad supported.
HealthVault enables users to search and find information about health care and provides users a repository to store health-related data such as medical histories, immunizations and records from the doctor’s office and hospital visits as well as measurements from devices like heart rate monitors.
The web site enables users to invite and share their information with doctors and family members and other people they trust.
There isn’t a standardized solution in the health care industry and Microsoft is seeking to capitalize on that. Microsoft purchased MedStory earlier this year.
The American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Johnson & Johnson and others are developing applications that will enable users to sync their data with HealthVault. The goal is to create a web based medical platform for hospitals, doctors and insurance companies.
Microsoft said CapMed and Kryptiq have already created applications for HealthVault that help doctors send and receive information without having to switch from technology they already use.
Google has plans of its own. Recently, Marissa Mayer took charge of Google’s Health initiatives.
Labels: Microsoft, online health, online services
