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Google Health: Manage Your Health Information Online

]]> Google Health lets you store and manage your health information online in one centralized place for free. It has a list of partners (hospitals, pharmacies, health records providers) and if your health provider is on that list, you can import your medical records and link them to your profile to automatically update your records.

Sign in with your Google account details and create your personal profile by entering your health conditions, medication, allergies etc. You can have more than one profile (for family members) and give name to each separate profile. Your data is kept private and secure, however, you can share your data with other people (doctors, friends) and control who can access what.

manage your health

Check out the directory of online health tools providers that are associated with Google Health. Link them to your profile to start using their services to manage your health information.

manage your health online

Features:

  • Store and manage you health information in one central place.
  • Access your information from anywhere using your Google account credentials.
  • Build multiple online health profiles.
  • Import medical records from hospitals, pharmacies and health records partner providers listed in the directory.
  • Share your health information with other people. Control who can access what.
  • Find doctors by name, location and specialty and add them to your medical contacts.
  • Service is free. Sign in with your Google account details.
  • Similar tools MyVitals and HealthVault.

Check out Google Health @ http://www.google.com/health



Google Health: Manage Your Health Information Online

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UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers

]]> UCompareHealthcare is a free web service which helps you make better decisions about your healthcare choices. It gives you access to free online reports using which you can research and compare different doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and fertility centers.

compare healthcare providers

You can search for healthcare providers and browse the database by location or nam. Clicking on particular healthcare service provider brings you a comprehensive report about it. For example, for hospitals, it publishes detailed reports on their quality, total charges, patient safety, mortality rate and more. The website allows to compare up to 4 hospitals at once for any of the above mentioned parameters.

compare healthcare providers

Features:

  • Free comprehensive reports on health care providers in your area.
  • Compare doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and fertility centers in every state in the US.
  • The data obtained from federal and state government agencies and other third party sources.

Check out UCompareHealthcare @ www.ucomparehealthcare.com



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RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors

]]> RateMDs is a web resource where you can review your doctor and also view other doctor ratings submitted by patients. Apart from reviewing your doctor, the site lets you browse doctors by location, view top rated specialists and search for doctors by specialty.

review your doctor

It’s a pretty good site that aims to help people find good doctors by specialty or location, based on the ratings given to them by their patients. Each doctor gets an overall quality score that consists of 2 factors: Helpfulness and Knowledge.

RateMDs brings greater transparency into doctor-patient relations. Better, friendlier and more competent doctors are rated up and gain credits and recognition, while incompetent, rude and unethical doctors get a bad press and can even get sued if many patients complain. You can even use the site to file a formal complaint against a particular doctor with the state’s medical board.

doctor recommendations

Features:

  • Doctor recommendations and rating website.
  • Find a good doctor by specialty and location.
  • Sort doctor’s from best to worst based on the overall quality score.
  • The site available in US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
  • Register to review your doctor, edit rating and save favorite doctors in your account.

Check out RateMDs @ www.ratemds.com



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US Hospital Finder : Find Hospitals in Your Area

]]> Us Hospital Finder is a mashup service that lets you easily find all local hospitals in any area within the United States. Apart from the location for each hospital it also displays the phone number, distance, and some information about the type of assistance and services you can get there. The database currently lists over 6000 US hospitals.

us hospital finder

Features:

  • Search for hospitals in your area and see type of services they offer.
  • Get address, phone number, website link etc.
  • No sign-up or registration needed.
  • Works only for hospitals within United States

Check out US Hospital Finder @ www.ushospitalfinder.com



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MiVitals : Store and Share Health Records Online

]]> MiVitals enables users to track and manage all health-related personal information in one place. Users are also able to share certain medical information and records with health professionals, family members or close friends. Basically, it’s all-in-one storage box for personal medical history. Each account also comes with some free storage that can be used to keep medical reports, test results, x-rays and scans.

MyVitals - Store and Share Health Records Online

MiVitals Features:

  • Manage, store and share (coming soon) personal / family health records online.
  • Upload and store medical reports, test results, x-rays, scans etc.
  • Integrated address book for all health related contacts.
  • Add appointments and schedule reminders for doctor appointments, treatments, etc.
  • Create emergency print-friendly PDF report that can be shared with health professionals.
  • Record: allergies, diagnoses, mental health Injuries, dental history, vision or gender specific conditions, and more.
  • Coming soon: Graph & report treatment progress / SMS text reminders / add info via mobile phone.

Visit MiVitals @ www.mivitals.com



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HealthVault: Collect, Manage, and Share Health Records

]]> HealthVault is a new offering from Microsoft that lets people collect, manage and share their health records online. Users can easily gather all of their health information in one place, including records from different healthcare-related sources (insurance plan, doctor, pharmacy).

HealthVault: Collect, Store and Share Your Health Information Online

Feature Overview

  • Manage and Share your health records online.
  • Keep all your paper-based health records into your account.
  • Share your data with others (ex. your doctor) and see who has accessed the data and what has been changed.
  • Have your health records and scans (X-Rays, MRIs, CAT Scans) faxed directly into your HealthVault account.
  • HealthVault Search: Search for healthcare articles and health information on the Web.
  • Your health information won’t be used for commercial purposes (unless you explicitly allow for it).
  • Deep integration with major halthcare websites: www.uswellness.com, www.purewellness.com, www.peaksware.com, www.healthycircles.com,www.capmed.com, www.americanheart.org, www.kryptiq.com

Check out HealthVault @ www.healthvault.com



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ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments

]]> Instantly search for local practitioner and book dentist appointments online. Just enter your zip code and ZocDoc will present you with a list of immediately bookable appointments in your area.

    ArsTechnica.com: “…the real killer feature is the ability to book a slot on a doctor’s schedule without ever having to pick up the phone…”
ZocDoc - Dentist search and directory

ZocDoc Features

  • Search, Schedule and Manage dentist appointments online.
  • Search for local practitioner by city, state, or zip code.
  • Additional search options: by appointment date, service type (emergency, root canal, filling, whitening, etc.), accepted insurance plans and more.
  • Browse dentist profiles: specialties, accepted insurances, spoken languages, education, professional memberships, patient reviews, map and directions, etc.
  • Coming soon: Option to make local doctor appointments.
  • More Questions? Go to help page here OR check out video below.

ZocDoc video introduction:

Go to ZocDoc [www.zocdoc.com]



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