Health care

摘要

Large national care groups, such as Kaiser Permanente, have set the bar for the delivery of personal health records through secure portals where patients can get lab results and confer with doctors over a closed email system. Data exchanges, such as that of the Healthcare Data Exchange, are being joined by regional medical centers and large membership organizations, including Blue Shield of California. Insurers are already discussing reimbursement schemes for virtual office visits, according to an October article in Modem Health Care.