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Microsoft HealthVault and RelayHealth to Connect Doctors and Patients
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Improved online access to health information to encourage adoption of personal health records.
REDMOND, Wash., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today
announced a strategic collaboration with RelayHealth, McKesson Corp.'s
connectivity business, to accelerate and improve the relationship between
doctors and patients. Together, Microsoft HealthVault and RelayHealth will
enable affordable patient connectivity with doctors' offices and hospitals so
patients can have security-enhanced, easy online access to medical care,
information and records.
HealthVault will provide physicians using RelayHealth's Software as a
Service (SaaS) platform with the technology to facilitate enhanced online
patient service and communications. Physicians can easily employ the
RelayHealth service, which includes electronic prescribing, through a Web
browser as the initial step toward clinical automation of their practice. The
service is also designed to integrate with electronic medical record systems
already in use. For patients, the combined solution allows access to their
personal health information and an online interaction with their personal
physician.
"Until now, the ability for consumers to access and share appropriate
health information online has not been possible, and as a result, personal
health records (PHRs) have not been broadly adopted or consistently used,"
said Pamela Pure, president of McKesson Technology Solutions. "Our
relationship with Microsoft can change that. HealthVault offers consumers a
convenient and accessible way to store and manage their healthcare and
wellness data in one central place. The RelayHealth network then connects the
consumer's portfolio of information with the care provider and unifies the
management of the personal health record."
Pure added that RelayHealth's security-enhanced network makes it easy for
physicians to review clinical data and share appropriate information with
their patients or other clinicians efficiently.
"This new relationship enables us to connect the personal health record to
the care process so the information can be better utilized," Pure said.
RelayHealth's core services enable patients to schedule healthcare
appointments online, request prescription refills, pay bills, obtain results
and even visit their doctor online using security-enhanced webVisit(R)
consultations for non-urgent care. HealthVault is a consumer health platform
that allows people to collect, store and share health information with family
members and participating healthcare providers.
"Together, Microsoft and RelayHealth will make it easier for consumers and
doctors to exchange information that is a part of our everyday lives, such as
ordering and filling prescriptions, receiving lab results and other important
exchanges that impact our health and well-being," said Peter Neupert,
corporate vice president of the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft. "Using
the Internet to better connect patients and providers is a big step toward
engaging people in their health decisions and ultimately improving the quality
of patient care."
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential.
SOURCE Microsoft Corp.
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