How HealthVault connects with hospitals
Microsoft® HealthVault™ is a free Web-based platform that enables patients to collect, store, and share health information with hospitals and physicians - using enhanced security and privacy measures - in ways that can help healthcare providers increase efficiency, reduce errors, and improve care†.
HealthVault provides a foundation on which a broad ecosystem of partners - from medical providers, to health & wellness device manufactures, to health associations - can build innovative new health and wellness management solutions to help put people in control of their family's health.
Learn how hospitals can connect to HealthVault to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and improve care†.
Admission Scenarios
Clipboard-free Admission
Challenge: Physicians who treat travelling patients do not always have access to their complete medical history.
Solution: Microsoft HealthVault-connected systems enable patients to send their Microsoft HealthVault records to participating physicians, even when they are not equipped with EMR systems.
Providers: NoMoreClipboard.com, Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc.
Play DemoClipboard-free Hospital Admission
Challenge: Patients have to complete their medical history each time they are admitted to different facilities within a hospital.
Solution: With one-time, clipboard-less hospital admissions, patients can facilitate data transfer from their Microsoft HealthVault account to connected clinical systems.
Provider: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Play DemoDirect-to-clinical Authorization Process
This demo shows one of the features being developed to help a clinical system establish a connection to a patient's HealthVault account.
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In-Patient/Patient Care Scenarios
Data Portability
Challenge: Patients with multiple residences may not have complete medical data when they visit treating physicians.
Solution: Patients can authorize participating providers' clinical systems to access their current data in Microsoft HealthVault.
Providers: eClinicalWorks LifeScan, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company
Play DemoMedication Reconciliation
Challenge: Physicians who treat travelling patients do not always have access to their medication history.
Solution: Patients can authorize treating physicians to synchronize medication lists between hospital systems and their Microsoft HealthVault accounts.
Providers: Allscripts™, Kryptiq Corp.
Play DemoMedication Reconciliation
Challenge: Physicians often lack access to accurate medication lists, which can result in drug duplication and omission during hospitalizations.
Solution: Patients can authorize their hospital physicians to retrieve outpatient medication lists stored in the Microsoft HealthVault record, and to connect this information to the hospital's computer system for safe medication reconciliation.
Providers: NYU Medical Center, Eclipsys: The Outcomes Company®
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Discharge Scenarios
Diabetes Management
Challenge: Discharged diabetic patients are unable to see, in one location, their medications, lab results and device data, such as blood glucose and blood pressure readings.
Solution: Microsoft HealthVault allows patients to combine their device data with their personal health record and share that with their care team and family.
Provider: PeaceHealth
Play DemoLongitudinal Data
Challenge: Being unaware of medication allergies can result in adverse reactions.
Solution: Microsoft HealthVault enables patients to access and share their Microsoft HealthVault records and medication history with treating physicians.
Providers: Greenway®, MEDSEEK
Play DemoReduce Re-admission Rates
Challenge: Uncoordinated post-operative care can lead to high readmission rates.
Solution: Physicians can provide improved post-operative care by monitoring health data patients upload from their devices.
Providers: Medstar Health, OMRON Healthcare, Inc., NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.
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Ken Samet
President and CEO MedStar Health
Luis Machuca
CEO Kryptiq Corp
