By
AmyT on
December 18, 2008
When former “Good Morning America” anchor Joan Lunden, who is now a paid spokeswoman for PassportMD, was recently interviewed by ABC News about “the new world of online medical records, one of the first things she said was: “Ten years from now we’ll laugh that we were even having this conversation, because everybody will keep their family’s health records online.”
The way things are going — with nearly every other aspect of our lives now…
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AmyT on
October 14, 2008
When Microsoft launched its HealthVault application last year — the first major commercial Personal Health Record (PHR) system on the open web — the Wall Street Journal reported that “Consumers are just not that excited about these services.” A year later, I’m wondering: have they given us reason to be more excited now? Last week, I grilled HealthVault’s rival Google Health about the progress they are making. Are these big players trying too hard to…
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AmyT on
October 7, 2008
Slowly but surely, using the Internet for your health needs is becoming as mainstream as shopping on the web: no longer futuristic, but is it for everyone? And perhaps more importantly, are mainstream commercial health platforms from companies like Google and Microsoft really useful for people with specific chronic illnesses? I thought it would be interesting to hear their side of the story.
So please welcome today at DiabetesMine: Missy Krasner, Product Marketing Manager for…
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