iTriage makes HealthVault data viewable via iPhone app

iTriage announced this week that it has integrated with Microsoft’s HealthVault to provide users of the location-aware symptom checker app a read-only view of their personal health records. The integration makes HealthVault data viewable via an iPhone app. iTriage expects to make a similar update to its Android app in the next few weeks.

Aetna  acquired iTriage for an undisclosed sum in December; the acquisition marks one of the first exits for a high profile mobile health startup. Aetna already has plans to integrate the app into its own PHR offering, ActiveHealth, as part of its suite of offerings for ACOs.

iTriage offers a symptom navigator that helps users find nearby health facilities or physicians that could help them with their specific health issue, as well appointment booking functionality taken from the company’s acquisition of AppointmentCity this past Feburary. The iTriage app now counts more than 3 million users.

iTriage’s HealthVault support comes via the HealthVault software development kit (SDK), first announced when the service  went mobile last June. (Microsoft also launched a mobile optimized layout for the HealthVault website at the time). The SDK, for Windows Phone 7 OS, iOS, and Android platforms, allows third-party developers to integrate HealthVault into their health apps’s back end.

Microsoft finally  released its own official app for HealthVault in December, but that offering is exclusively for Windows 7 smartphone users. The Windows 7 app allows users to input medical data to their PHR, while iTriage’s HealthVault functionality is limited to read-only viewing.

iTriage previously included support for Google’s PHR, Google Health, which announced its closing last summer and officially ceased operations on January 1 of 2012. Users of the service can download their PHR data for transfer to other platforms such as HealthVault between now and January 1, 2013.

“PHRs offer consumers a great way to monitor their health. Our iTriage vision includes being the mobile aggregator for multiple PHRs in the future,” stated iTriage co-founder Dr Peter Hudson in a press release. “We believe today’s HealthVault PHR integration into iTriage will give consumers a convenient and easy way to access their health information anywhere, anytime.”

Read the press release below.

PRESS RELEASE â€" The leading consumer healthcare technology platform iTriage® today announced an integration of Microsoft HealthVault personal healthcare record (PHR) into its iPhone mobile application. This connection enables iTriage users to view and access their records stored within Microsoft HealthVault, right from the palm of their hand.

More than three million people have used iTriage to view information on symptoms, diseases, procedures, medications, and to access a nationwide directory of medical providers. As the world’s leader in Symptom-to-Provider™ pathway technology, iTriage has been touted by ABC News as the one-stop health app that allows patients to not only know what’s wrong with them, but also know where to go for treatment.

All those who have used iTriage to access Google Health PHR from mobile devices should know that Google Health is being discontinued for viewing, entering or editing data on January 1, 2012. However, Google Health PHR data will remain available for transfer through January 1, 2013. To learn more, please visit: Microsoft HealthVault.

“PHRs offer consumers a great way to monitor their health. Our iTriage vision includes being the mobile aggregator for multiple PHRs in the future, “explained Peter Hudson, M.D., co-founder of iTriage, LLC. “We believe today’s HealthVault PHR integration into iTriage will give consumers a convenient and easy way to access their health information anywhere, anytime.”

Consumers can download the free iTriage app through the iTunes® app store or Android™ Market. Microsoft HealthVault access through iTriage is immediately available for iPhone devices. Access through Android devices will be available in a few weeks.

About iTriage

Headquartered in Denver, CO, iTriage LLC is a global healthcare technology company founded in 2008 by two emergency medicine physicians. The company’s mobile platform and application, iTriage, offers a proprietary Symptom-to-Provider™ pathway that empowers patients to make better healthcare decisions. iTriage helps people answer the two most common medical questions: “What could be wrong?” and “Where should I go for treatment?” Millions of consumers around the globe have downloaded the free iTriage mobile app on their iPhone and Android devices, and thousands of healthcare providers use iTriage to reach and communicate critical facility and service information to patients. For more information, please visit http://www.iTriageHealth.com.

source: mobihealthnews.com