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New York Presbyterian Develops A Self-Serve PHR

From CMIO magazine, New York Presbyterian Hospital uses Microsoft's HealthVault and Amalga technologies to offer patients a self-serve PHR.

According to Aurelia Boyer, chief information officer at NYP,
"MyNYP.org is patient controlled and offers the individual the ability to consolidate and organize a range of medical information including medications, surgery reports, hospital discharge instructions, laboratory, radiology and EKG results, immunization schedule and history, allergy information, doctor and insurance information and emergency contacts. The health data provided by MyNYP.org is annotated with customized explanations to help patients understand their medical tests and procedures."
Hundreds of people a week are signing up, with total enrollment now over 5,000. 80% of patients think it's "great." 100% say they'd recommend MyNYP to friends.


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