Whenever I mention that I work for the Health Solutions Group (HSG) at Microsoft, I find that quite q few people are surprised that our group even exists within the company. But once I break the news, most people are excited to learn about what we do at HSG. So for those of you who are interested, I would like to spend a little time talking about what we do at HSG, and also what I do at Microsoft :).

There are, in large, two solutions that we focus on at HSG. The first is the consumer piece, where enable people to manage their own health data through various applications (web pages), devices, and hospital portals built on top of the HealthVault platform. And the second is the enterprise piece, where we provide software solutions for hospitals.

At the very heart of our consumer solution lies HealthVault. In the simplest terms, HealthVault is a secure, online repository where you can store your health information. Consumers can use HealthVault to store copies of their health records obtained from providers, plans and pharmacies; upload information from health and fitness devices; share information with healthcare providers; and access online products and services. Note that we are not the only ones building software and devices for HealthVault. There are already quite a few partners who have! Please check out this video on HealthVault to get a better feel.

In my next post, I will talk about the Mayo Clinic Health Manager, which is an application that we built on top of HealthVault.