Verizon's Cloud Computing - The US answer to the Summary Care Record?

The Verizon Health Information Exchange, one of the first services of its kind in the U.S., will consolidate clinical patient data from providers and translate it into a standardized format that can be securely accessed over the Web. Participating exchange providers across communities, states and regions will be able to request patient data via a secure online portal, regardless of the IT systems and specific protocols the providers use. This will enable providers to obtain a more complete view of a patient's health history, no matter where the data is stored. Since the Verizon HEalth Information Exchange will be delivered via Verizon's cloud computing platform, health care organizations will be able to use their current IT systems, processes and workflows, without large additional capital expenditures. The service will be ideal for large and small health care providers. For more info, check SearchCloudcomputing.com.


Obviously, it is early days yet, but it will be interesting to see how this story progresses and whether the new government would be interested in pushing towards that direction... Remember this? "Google or Microsoft could hold NHS patient records say Tories" More on the use of cloud computing in health care to follow!