This section covers a few of the most popular features in HealthVault, concentrating on ones that we’ll use in this book to collect, manipulate, and share information.
The Health Information section of the health profile provides a view of all the information in the user’s health record. HealthVault supports more than 80 discrete kinds of data, from Advance Directive to Weight Goals. Through the user interface, you can edit and add health information. As Figure 1-4 indicates, you can add allergies, conditions, various measurements (blood glucose, blood pressure, peak flow, weight, height, and lab test results), files (Continuity of Care Document [CCD], Continuity of Care Record [CCR], etc.), health history (family, immunizations, procedures), and emergency provider contact information.
You can also drill deeper to understand the data entered into your health profile and see the audit trail to understand how the data evolved. Figure 1-5 shows an audit history of weight in HealthVault.
Out of the box, HealthVault provides each user account with an emergency profile consisting of current allergies, conditions, medications, medical devices, and emergency contact information. A user can print, share, and update her emergency profile.
With an emergency profile, the user gets an emergency access code that could provide timely and up-to-date medical information to an emergency responder through HealthVault.com.
Figure 1-6 shows the emergency access profile. Note that in addition to printing and sharing it, a user can also access a number of HealthVault tools that provide a plethora of emergency services.
Using the Apps and Device section of the health profile, users can discover new applications and devices available as part of the HealthVault ecosystem. Figure 1-7 shows integrated HealthVault application and device directory. This directory is categorized by activities and conditions. A user can also get a recommended set of health tools based on their preferences set in the new user wizard (Figure 1-3). This searchable directory functionality was recently added to HealthVault.
Through this section, users can also review and revoke access permissions to all the HealthVault applications they have used over time.
Using the Sharing section of the health profile, users can view with whom and how this information is being shared. Users can invite people to view granular information in their health profiles. The data used in this book was collected from gracious contributors by using this sharing functionality for specific types of health data. As Figure 1-8 shows, through the Sharing pane, users can review and revoke access to other people.
Having a granularly shareable health profile enables a plethora of care coordination scenarios. However, we do want to know how and when our sensitive health information is being accessed and updated. As Figure 1-9 shows, through the History pane of the health profile, users can view the ways their health information has been accessed. I frequently look at the “Changes made in last 30 days” and review who has accessed and updated my record.
