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Microsoft - Verisign Partner For Online Health
By Daya Baran at June 26, 2008 0 Comments
One area where Microsoft is leaving Google behind is in online health care. Today Microsoft teamed up with Verisign to offer OpenID for users of HealthVault, which is a free service that enables consumers to store and manage their health information online.
“HealthVault is about empowering people to take control of their personal health information, and that means making their Web experience easier while also helping them safeguard their privacy,” said George Scriban, senior product manager, Microsoft Health Solutions Group. “That’s why we’re happy to give our users the option of using a VeriSign OpenID with a VIP credential.”
Microsoft is moving very fast in this space because it is doing the opposite of what it traditionally does. The company is partnering with others versus building. Where as Google is doing the opposite building versus partnering. Further there is a hesitancy among some companies to use Google’s health solution due to the fact that the company lacks a clear privacy statement on patient information. Online advertising in the health care vertical command some of the juiciest add dollars and given the aging population it will be a long wave to ride.
Labels: Microsoft, online health, verisign
