Tech Musing 2
HealthVault https://www.healthvault.com/us/en
I want to discuss more about the information sharing application that I talked about in question 4 for the TopCoder case. The app that I found is called HealthVault. This app stood out to me, as opposed to Trip Advisor, Pinterest, etc., because it is very helpful in my life and the many others that I know. First, more about HealthVault. From the previous post I made about this app, HealthVault helps individuals gather, store, use, and share health information. Individuals can use this app to share information about diseases, diagnoses, medications, health history, receive lab results, etc. You can use the app by either inputting data yourself, connecting it to other health/fitness applications or requesting information from doctors, lab technicians, or other healthcare professionals. This type of information sharing can lead to a more updated health history, a better diagnosis, and even different more effective treatment options. HealthVault is working towards making it easier for doctors to receive all information and records to help further patient's health treatments and journeys.
Now how helpful can this actually be? Well for the average person it may not be that useful (unless you are a parent who wants to keep track of a families medical records). However, for individuals who have autoimmune, chronic, terminal, or any other kind of disease it is very important to track ALL of your records. For example, I have a disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis and have to visit at least three different types of doctors to receive care. All of my doctors need to be aware of what medications I am on, how my overall health is, if there have been any kind of changes in my diagnosis, and any X-rays, MRI's, or blood work I have done. Now I don't know if any of you have attempted to get your records sent from one doctor to another, but trust me, it is a pain (there is paperwork on paperwork on paperwork). With HealthVault I can easily share any new information about my health instantly. This information sharing application has made it easy for myself, and others like me to share personal medical history and records easily.
HealthVault is secure and safe to use and they are constantly updating their app and website to take the proper security measures. Overall, this way of sharing medical history is great for patients and parents and provides a way for information to be shared in an efficient, effective way. This a video about how Health Information Technology is changing the medical field and healthcare systems:
Interesting... Microsoft got in this business at the beginning of the health boom and before Obamacare. They failed, and healthvault was no more. Now they're back and seem to offer similar services, but with a more modern approach. The video looks old school. Here is a link to HealthVault video by Microsoft 2 years ago (https://youtu.be/m7uzsbKTWIQ), but some of these videos go back over 8 years!!! It's not really revolutionary anymore; so many other ways we use apps and hospitals use portals to do the same thing. But it is Microsoft.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you like to have control of your own data by entering it yourself, or having "a few" doctors upload to it, then by all means, this is for you. Most people want access to the same records doctors have, and there are better systems than that. I agree, though, having your own record is better than relying on all doctors to share it. But getting that record in a digital form is harder, so that means entering it yourself. Ack!
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