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HealthVault Launched in Beta Version
By Robert | October 7, 2007
Microsoft recently launched the public beta version of HealthVault, a service that allows users to store health information and documents. This opportunity seems to be aiming towards easing the operations with healthcare by putting us in control of entering all the information we get from our doctors. What is interesting is that the user can also choose what to make public or not and doctors are supposed to consult this information in order to give a more precise diagnosis.
In order to access HealthVault you will require a Windows Live ID and of course, signing up with a HealthVault account based on the above mentioned ID. After you log in you can start uploading different documents from your computer, enter information that you want and transfer data from different devices. The information is then stored and you get to chose what to make available to doctors and family members. HealthVault appears as a great web site that could help the healthcare system by making different connections that are difficult in real life.
Talking about security of data, Microsoft claims that it will not transfer information to a third party without having you informed and having your written consent. It also seems that advertising that the company will use on HealthVault will not even be contextually linked to any of the individual’s personal information. In an official statement, Microsoft stated that the data on their system is encrypted and all the traffic to or from partners and users receive the same encryption. Company employees’ access to user data is tightly monitored and limited to just small groups of people that need to perform some critical operations. Backup data is also encrypted and everything is logged from access to data changes. It will be interesting to see how HealthVault handles itself in the future.
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