Dossia is a group of employers putting together a Personal Health Record system. It is an attempt to get a better return on their investment as well as fixing the system by preempting providers. With highly quotable members, an agressive agenda, a court case and recriminations, it is also an interesting situation to watch unfold.
In early September I wrote a paper for my OHSU Informatics class, The Business of Healthcare Informatics (John Kenagy.) The paper briefly looks at Dossia history, then explores how providers may approach such PHRs: Dossia and Doctors- An Employer Driven, Personal Health Record and The Provider. (pdf)
Dana Blankenhorn over at ZDNet Healthcare writes up the Dossia situation as a discussion topic. So I just had to wade in…as well as mention my paper.
Dana also notes that now AT&T has jumped in as a member of the group.
When I wrote up my paper, things were looking bad for Omnimedix, and according to Dana, it seems that Indivo is the new developeer.
Dossia is moving forward, so stay tuned!
-Any comments about Dana’s topic should be over at his blog. I don’t want to take over his discussion!
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1 What is a Medical Informaticist? // Jul 25, 2008 at 8:07 pm
[...] The Business of Healthcare Informatics- Mr. Kenagy goes over the CIO’s view of healthcare IT, and how he runs it over at Provident. I researched Personal Health Records and did a paper on how Providers and PHR’s (Dossia!) relate to one another. [...]
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