We’ve already discussed one free personal health record (PHR) vendor, Microsoft®, however, there are other PHR vendors out there.
Another company that everyone knows, Google, also has a service enabling individuals to sign up for their free PHR.
Google has a ‘Health Tour’ to provide individuals with a better understanding of how Google’s PHR works. You are able to track your medical history, learn about your conditions, import and share your medical records and learn about medication interactions.
What I found interesting when learning about Google Health is that they state that their PHR works differently. Google wrote, “Google Health is a PHR, but it is also a bit of a different model. We believe it’s not enough to offer a place where you can store, manage, and share your health information. You need to act on your health information to better manage your health needs on a daily basis. This is why we provide a directory of online health services to you. You must elect to sign up with a service and decide what level of personal data you want to share in exchange for the customized services those companies offer.”
Tags: Personal Health Record, PHR
2 Comments
Jeff Brandt - Aug 22, 2009
Both of these are good choices for PHR. Health Vault is more robust than the current version of Google Health. They are both still Beta releases so we will have to see which will be around in a year. As a producer of mobile PHR for iPhone and Android we are planning to support both.
My suggestion is to try both and make your own choice which is best for you.
Jeff Brandt
motionPHR for the iPhone
MyMobileMedBox for Android
Larry Hunt - Aug 24, 2009
You can also look at options like MedDocs Key which gives patient control over their records, provides secure anywhere access, viewing of data, images and film stored, and drag & drop new records to a zero foot print flash drive application for under $50.00 a patient. This provides instant secure access to the patients entire medical history and online back-up of drive can be purchased for as little as $2.99 a month or $30.00 a month under a 3-5 year service agreement where the patient has control of their charts.