While details are thin, here’s a first pass at comparing and contrasting Google Health (GH) and Microsoft HealthVault (HV). Overall, there are many common features, some differences, and many common challenges between these two platforms. A High Level Comparison Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault Personal Health Information (PHI) Platforms There’s still not much information available about the specifics [...]
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Do local Health Information Exchange (HIE) participants have the right economic motivations to make them work? A report released this week raises strong doubts. The study — Creating Sustainable Local Health Information Exchanges: Can Barriers to Stakeholder Participation be Overcome? — was funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (CSHSC). [...]
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