Microsoft HealthVault

Microsoft HealthVault

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The move by Microsoft, which is called HealthVault and was announced today in Washington, comes after two years spent building its team, expertise and technology. In recent months, Microsoft managers have met with many potential partners including hospitals, disease-prevention organizations and health care companies.

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[edit on 6-10-2007 by UM_Gazz]

October 5, 2007 The New York Times, published an article in the Business section about Microsoft publishing an online health record database. The system is designed to be a massive online database of personal health-records for a communication flow between doctor patient. Experts are comparing the dawn of this new age to that of online banking. Microsoft is touting their ultra secure encryption program which has won the hearts of large corporation like Johson and Johnson and the American Heart Association.

After reading the Privacy statement onHealthvault.com I believe this is going to be a giant beacon for hackers across the world. Even with all the security vulnerabilities that Microsoft's operating system has, I wonder who is actually going to submit all their personal health information?

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If I understand the law correctly, you decide who your medical information is shared with, not the care providers. If your information is to be available on this network, it would have to be something you opt into.

Its privacy controls, the company said, are set entirely by the individual, including what information goes in and who gets to see it. The HealthVault searches are conducted anonymously, Microsoft said, and will not be linked to any personal information in a HealthVault personal health record.

Microsoft does not expect most individuals to type in much of their own health information into the Web-based record. Instead, the company hopes that individuals will give doctors, clinics and hospitals permission to directly send into their HealthVault record information like medicines prescribed or, say, test results showing blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

You're right it would be a hacker magnet. But you have to voluntarily be included in the database. So, don't volunteer.

[edit on 6-10-2007 by apc]