capmed

Story: With new software, medical histories can be kept at homeTotal Replies: 11
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mbaehrlxer

Jul 24, 2006
3:27 PM EDT
the software appears to be coming from capmed: http://www.capmed.com/clients/list.asp

i seriously doubt that this is free software.

greetings, martin.
grouch

Jul 24, 2006
3:31 PM EDT
I followed a link from the article to a database of free and commercial software, but ran out of time to go further.
Sander_Marechal

Jul 24, 2006
3:55 PM EDT
Not libre, just gratis. Here's the EULA:

Quoting:PHR and HealthKey LICENSE AGREEMENT CapMed, A Division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. makes no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to this software or documentation, including their quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.

BECAUSE SOFTWARE IS INTRINSICALLY COMPLEX AND MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY FREE OF ERRORS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO VERIFY YOUR WORK.

Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. will not be liable, in any event, for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use software or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. is not responsible for any costs, loss of data, or claims by third parties due to the use of, or inability to use the software.

The software and documentation are not definitive medical materials. The software and documentation are intended only as an aid to the end user and do not attempt to encompass medical knowledge. No software data should be relied on without verification by the end user. Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. accepts no liability whatsoever for any action, treatment, advice or any other decision, medical or otherwise, made by the end user after using the software.

The software and documentation contain confidential and proprietary information of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. and they are protected under applicable Copyright, Trade Secret and Trademark law. The software and documentation may not be provided or otherwise made available to third parties without the prior written consent of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. Continuing with the purchase of PHR implies that you have read the End User License agreement above and agree to its content and purpose.



ALL PURCHASES ARE FINAL. NO PURCHASES CAN BE RETURNED OR EXCHANGED FOR LEGAL CURRENCY OF ANY KIND. THANK YOU.


source: http://www.capmed.com/consumer/buynow.asp (bottom)
grouch

Jul 24, 2006
5:15 PM EDT
Thanks sander.

The link I followed to a "database" turned up 2 free personal health record "tools".

1 is a web-based thing from the US government, described at: http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/

The other is gratis, for MS Windows or Palm OS: http://www.e-medtools.com/profilemd.html

I'm going to poke around at LinuxMedNews.
grouch

Jul 24, 2006
5:44 PM EDT
Found this:

http://www.openehr.org/
mab

Jul 26, 2006
6:28 PM EDT
I found your thread through a Google Alert I run. What is your interest in PHR tools?
grouch

Jul 26, 2006
6:47 PM EDT
The importance of keeping personal health records should be self-evident. Such information is too vital to be left to closed-source, secretive software.
tuxchick2

Jul 26, 2006
7:23 PM EDT
hello mab, why do you ask?
mab

Jul 27, 2006
12:14 PM EDT
My client is CapMed. Our current development focus is a .Net version of our PHR/PHK solution in addition to an Online PHR. The Online PHR (ReadOnly) solution will work with our current PHR which is based on Centura. By year end we will have a full Online PHR and our .Net PHR solutions.

Yes, we (CapMed) developed the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital PHM and it is available free of charge. A cost is incurred by TJUM for each user. Distribution is intended for those who would be patients, but you can apply online and have a CD sent to you.

CapMed also partners with MedicAlert to provide their E-HealthKey (medicalert.org).

The benefits of a PHR are obvious to many, but patient portal confidence remains to be developed with a large percentage of the population. The PHR is a desktop client. The PHK/E-HealthKey is a (portable) USB device, and the Patient Portal is an added benefit for either of our solutions.

Are you part of a larger effort or are you searching as individuals? Please let me know what other help I can provide.

Regards, Mary Anne Barth, PMP PHR.Net Project Manager CapMed, A Division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc mabarth@capmed.com 315.882.4101 (Mobile) http://www.capmed.com http://www.CapMedPHR.com NASDAQ: BITI

CapMed was awarded First Place in the Personal Health Record category at the TEPR '06 Awards!

tuxchick2

Jul 27, 2006
12:47 PM EDT
This isn't FOSS news at all, though having copies of your own medical records is a long-overdue good idea. As near as I can tell, the Capmed software is not Free or open source, and it requires Windows. What a good idea- entrusting sensitive information to the buggiest, least-secure platform on the planet.

It's an interesting thing to learn about, anyway.
techiem2

Jul 27, 2006
12:58 PM EDT
tuxchick2: >What a good idea- entrusting sensitive information to the buggiest, least-secure platform on the planet.

heh. Speaking of Sensitive information.... I work at a college and they have a HIPPA learning program that runs off CD (in windows of course). You "register" yourself to the software using ---- Your Name and Social Security Number! To login (once you've registered once), you enter your Social Security Number in a box, at which point it displays the associated name for you to make sure it's you before you continue on into the program itself. We (I and the CTO) were blown away by that when we set it up (of course we just set it up using a bogus name and number). Shouldn't a program teaching you about HIPPA laws be compliant itself? I shudder to think of someone having a keylogger infecting a system that runs that program in an environment where people actually use their real information.
grouch

Jul 27, 2006
1:02 PM EDT
Where do people get this kind of trust? They get stabbed in the back, over and over and over, and the very next time the facilitator of the stabbing asks for another knife, they happily oblige.

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