Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Kaiser To Link Health Records To Microsoft

Soon to be mandatory? Hopefully those who use KP for health care provided some other number than their taxpayer ID.


Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft
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.

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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.

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