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FTC proposes PHR breach rules
Personal health records have had something of a mixed reception since the idea was first kicked around a few years ago. One of the biggest raps on them has been that because they're not medical... Read more...
WellPoint deal lets health plan create national HIE
Health plan giant WellPoint announced today that it was striking a deal with health plan portal Availity to create what it's describing as a "multi-payer portal," or HIE. WellPoint is making an... Read more...
Survey: More patients creating their own PHRs
For years now, personal health records have been offered free-of-charge by several major companies, but until recently, no one was sure whether patients would actually use them. Now, however, at... Read more...
New Intel device looks to innovate remote patient treatment
Patients looking for a more integrated approach to healthcare from home can now look to Intel to help manage their needs. The Intel Health Guide, which received FDA clearance in July of this year, is... Read more...
Aetna offers customers access to Microsoft HealthVault
Aetna has decided to become the first health plan to offer its members access to Microsoft's personal health record technology. It will roll out Microsoft's HealthVault in November, offering access... Read more...
Aetna contracts with Zix to provide free e-prescriptions in NJ
After running e-prescribing pilot programs since 2005 in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, it now seems that Aetna is ready to take the next step in at least one of those states. The health plan... Read more...
Trend: Physician online consult volume growing
As we've reported for more than a year, online physician consults via the Internet (sometimes known as "e-visits") are growing more popular over time. While some physicians are leery of conducting... Read more...
Key players agree on PHR framework
A group of the leading lights in the PHR world have come together to endorse a PHR standard, potentially putting to bed the initial arguments over what a PHR actually is and shifting participants'... Read more...
Microsoft brings on Verisign for PHR security
Last week, Microsoft struck a blow for consumer confidence in its PHR technology suite, Health Vault, by bringing on VeriSign as a security provider. HealthVault users are now able to log in to their... Read more...
PHRs make inroads with health plans
Just as FierceHealthIT editor Anne Zieger Read more...
