Mayo Clinic Announces Online Health Manager
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on April 23rd, 2009 in Doctors, Extras, Family, Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
The Mayo Clinic has announced the launch of the Mayo Clinic Health Manager, an online application that stores your medical information in a single convenient location.
The health manager is designed for use by individuals to keep track of their own medical histories — diseases and conditions, prescription medications, immunizations, doctor visits, referrals, etc. You can also receive recommendations from the experts of the Mayo Clinic based on the information you provide.
According to The Mayo Clinic News, the Health Manager uses the Microsoft Health Vault system and is privacy and security enhanced.
Depending on your point of view, this could be an amazing tool for tracking your own family’s health information — or a huge privacy concern. I see it both sides of the argument at this point.
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