Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Blue Button ® gives access to health information

craigconnects: Blue Button® gives access to health information

By Rachel Lunsford, Jim Speros and Peter Levin
US Department of Veterans Affairs

You’ve probably already heard about the “Blue Button” offered by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Blue Button enables Veterans, service members, and Medicare beneficiaries to download their personal health record as a simple, human-readable file.

http://craigconnects.org/2011/08/blue-button-%C2%AE-gives-access-to-health-information.html