Revolution Health kills its PHR

So much for the Revolution.

Revolution Health, a much-hyped venture of AOL co-founder Steve Case, is terminating one of its signature products, an online personal health record for the masses. In an email to users, the company said: "Thank you for being a loyal user of the Revolution Health Personal Health Record. Unfortunately we will be discontinuing this service as of the end of February 2010 and removing all records, information, and data from the Revolution Health website." No further explanation was given.

The company recommended that users print out or download the contents in a PDF file so they don't lose their records. That likely means that the data can't simply be imported into another PHR product, providing yet another example of siloed electronic health information.

The news follows a Jan. 24 filing by Revolution Health parent company Everyday Health for an initial public offering of about $100 million. Everyday Health, formerly known as Waterfront Media, purchased Revolution Health in October 2008 after Case's start-up failed to live up to pre-launch expectations.

For more:
- see this Healthcare IT News story
- read the Revolution Health email at Dr. Ted Eytan's blog

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