Windows Phone 7 glucose tracker app
The first health app for the Windows Phone 7 that connects to the Microsoft HealthVault personal health platform has been launched.
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Microsoft joins Continua Health Alliance
US software giant Microsoft has joined the Continua Health Alliance, the open industry coalition of healthcare and technology companies developing standards for connected personal health systems.
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Microsoft HealthVault “stands ready”
Microsoft’s international business development lead has told E-Health Insider that the company “stands ready” to work with the government on personal health records. Should the coalition want to move forward with plans to introduce PHRs, Microsoft says it would hope to support them with its HealthVault platform. EHI TV asked whether Microsoft is disappointed by […]
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UK does well on end of life care
Technology will be an increasingly important element in delivering end-of-life care at home, according to an analysis which found the UK has one of the best systems for palliative care in the world. Researchers from the Economist Intelligence Unit developed a “quality of death” index to rate end-of-life care services across 40 countries. The UK […]
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White paper backs Choose and Book
The ‘Liberating the NHS’ white paper backs Choose and Book as part of radical plans to extend patient choice, but has little to say about personal health records.
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Microsoft launches HealthVault in UK
Microsoft has launched its personal health record platform in the UK on the Health and Lifestyle channel of the MSN network.
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Swindells tells IT pros to up their game
The newly appointed head of BCS Health has called for informaticians to “step up to the plate” and lead change within the NHS.
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Records pledge in Conservative manifesto
The general election The Conservative election manifesto has reiterated the Tories’ pledge to give patients online control of their own health records. No details are given of how this will be achieved; leaving open the possibility that a Conservative government might look beyond the NHS’s own HealthSpace to more eye-catching deals with Google or Microsoft. […]
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Microsoft unveils CDM project
Coverage from HIMSS10 Microsoft and the Cleveland Clinic yesterday announced the results of a chronic disease management project for patients with hypertension, diabetes and heart failure. The one year project prescribed patients monitoring devices linked to personal health records and the hospital’s electronic medical record. It found that by doing this it was possible to better […]
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Boomers lead on personal health records
Personal health records have become a reality for millions of Americans, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference has heard.
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