Microsoft HealthVault (2007–2019) was a web-based

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created by

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, in October 2007, to store and maintain health and fitness information. This website was for use by both individuals and healthcare professionals, and in June 2010, it expanded its services beyond the United States to include the United Kingdom. On April 5, 2019,

announced that effective November 20, 2019, HealthVault would be closed, any data left in user accounts would be deleted, and any apps dependent on HealthVault for data would also stop working.

Components

A HealthVault record stored an individual's health information. Access to a record was through a HealthVault account, which may have been authorized to access records for multiple individuals, e.g., so that a parent could manage records for their children, or a child could access their parent's records to help the parent deal with medical issues. Authorization of the account could initially be performed with the use of a

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account,

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account, or an account from a limited set of other

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providers, but on April 6, 2016,

announced via email to users that

and

sign-in would not be available after 31 May 2016. After this time, when attempting to log in using these methods, a page indicating they were no longer supported was displayed.

Authorization

An individual interacted with their HealthVault record through either the HealthVault website or, more typically, through an application or device that communicated with the HealthVault platform. When an individual first used a HealthVault application, they were asked to authorize the application to access a specific set of data types, and those data types were the only ones the application could use. An individual could also share either their entire health record or selected data with another interested individual, such as a doctor, relative, etc.

Devices

HealthVault Connection Center allowed health and fitness data to be exchanged between selected devices (such as

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s, heart rate watches, and the

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WiFi bodyscale) into an individual's HealthVault record. It was also usable to find and download drivers for medical devices. Additionally, in 2014, Microsoft introduced the

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, a fitness band powered by the '' Microsoft Health'' service that supported the Microsoft HealthVault for aggregation and integration of various services, such as

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Medical imaging

HealthVault supported storage, viewing, uploading, and downloading, by consumers and third parties, of

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based medical imaging. Additionally, a plethora of third party HealthVault medical imaging viewers had been released to connect to HealthVault.

Interoperability

HealthVault supported a number of exchange formats, including industry standards such as the

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and the

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. Support for industry standards made it possible to integrate with many

solutions.

References

External links

* at Healthvault.com * * * {{Health software Electronic health record software Healthvault Internet properties established in 2007 Telehealth American health websites Discontinued Microsoft products