[GNHLUG] MonadLUG June 12, 2008
Who: Group What: General Discussion: Bring a problem, solution, question, answer, cool tricks, install problems, gear, etc. Date: Thursday June 12, 2008 Time: 7:00PM Where: SAU 1 office, 106 Hancock Rd., Peterborough http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/MonadLUG -- Charlie Farinella 14 East Ridge Drive, Peterborough, NH 03458 603-924-1977 | 603-785-3320 (cell) ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0630718920080609 Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft Mon Jun 9, 2008 10:50am EDT By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kaiser Permanente, the biggest health maintenance organization in the United States, announced a pilot program on Monday to link patient records to Microsoft Corp's consumer health platform. The test will initially be limited to Kaiser employees who volunteer to have their records transferred, but access could be widened to the HMO's 8.7 million members later this year, said Anna-Lisa Silvestre, vice president of online services at Kaiser. She said more than 2 million members have signed up to use Kaiser's own online health records service, My Health Manager, and the agreement with Microsoft will dramatically expand availability of online health information, services and tools. People today do a lot of things for their health outside of a formal healthcare system, Silvestre said, adding that the HMO is looking for ways to help members improve their health outcomes. Kaiser is the first large health provider to link to the Microsoft health platform, called HealthVault, but Microsoft expects to connect with lots and lots of source data providers, said Peter Neupert, vice president of Microsoft's Health Solutions Group. He said the Microsoft platform currently offers about 30 tools for consumers, with more to be announced this week. Rival Google Inc last month unveiled Google Health, a U.S. health information service that combines the leading Web company's classic search services with a user's personal health records online. Kaiser and Microsoft, as well as Google, said their sites adhere to federal standards for data exchange and include advanced safeguards to protect members' personal information. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft (Reuters)
C'mon Bill, if you can't trust Microsoft to keep your data secure who CAN you trust? In all seriousness, banks have been sharing financial data with secure third parties for online banking for a long time. Very few have in-house online banking services, and most use Microsoft software to do it through (in-house or third party), not to mention liberal information sharing with government agencies even outside online banking. Does anyone know what doctors in this state take patients w/o keeping medical records? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft (Reuters)
[ DISCLAIMER: In the following, I speak only for myself. This message reflects my personal opinion, not that of the GNHLUG Board of Directors. This message does not constitute list policy, nor a judgment from the topic police. In fact, this message is so unofficial, I'm starting to question my own existence... ] On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Arc Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know what doctors in this state take patients w/o keeping medical records? The above seems like it has nothing to do with the usual reasons people give for subscribing to this list. It also seems likely to be the sort of topic that blows up into a long, drawn-out, boring discussion, which the vast majority of the 300 or so list subscribers have no interest in. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft (Reuters)
On Jun 9, 2008, at 16:58, Ben Scott wrote: The above seems like it has nothing to do with the usual reasons people give for subscribing to this list. It also seems likely to be the sort of topic that blows up into a long, drawn-out, boring discussion, which the vast majority of the 300 or so list subscribers have no interest in. If you want to look for a reason, I imagine it's simply camaraderie. Microsoft does whatever it can to always be nipping at Google's heels (no matter how tangential a Google project is), just as Microsoft works hard to sell against Linux. It's sort of like hanging around the water cooler bitching about black flies. I'm just waiting for Google to open a pet store in Mountain View just so they can giggle themselves silly when Microsoft opens a pet store in Redmond two months later. -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
