Article - June 9, 2008 - E-Commerce News

Kaiser Jumps Onto Microsoft's Health Records Cloud

By Walaika Haskins

Kaiser Permanente is planning to partner with Microsoft to put its patients' records online using Microsoft's HealthVault personal health records service. The movement of medical records to the cloud would make up a part of Kaiser's My Health Manager service, which also gives patients new ways to communicate with their doctors and find general health information.

Microsoft and Kaiser Permanente announced plans for a pilot program that would exchange health information between the insurer's My Health Manager service and the HealthVault personal health records service.

The partnership comes amid a push to give people greater control of and access to their medical records. The move by technology companies including Google and Microsoft to bring personal health records (PHRs) online takes advantage of the shift from paper-based medical records to electronic health records (EHRs) by hospitals, doctors' offices and insurers backed by the federal government.

"This deal is fairly significant although not at all surprising. Kaiser is only the first of many insurers to come," said Carlton Doty, an analyst at Forrester Research.

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