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AllOne Health, a company that provides health plans and services to employers, will connect Microsoft (News - Alert) HealthVault with AllOne Mobile, a secure mobile phone application allowing individuals to access personal health information on mobile phones.

 

AllOne Mobile, provided by AllOne Health and secured by Diversinet, provides secure application platforms for mobile world. Diversinet’s MobiSecure Wallet and Vault products provide secure and cost-effective solutions to mobilize personal health records, financial services transactions and identity protection management.

 

The association between AllOne Health and Microsoft HealthVault ensures a number of advantages. First, AllOne Mobile provides safe, consumer friendly 24/7 access to personal health information without the need for an Internet connection.

 

Second, better health information ensures a healthy world.

 

Third, it ensures high level of security aspects. High level of security and control gives users the confidence and comfort to manage and enhance their health information quickly by pushing a few buttons on their mobile phones.

 

“Better access to health information means more informed medical decisions and potentially improved health outcomes,” said Jim Mault, M.D., director of business development for Microsoft Health Solutions Group, in a statement. “AllOne Mobile will make it convenient for consumers to access personal health information by linking all our HealthVault programs directly to a device that millions carry with them every day. This will extend the reach of HealthVault and its power to transform health care decision-making.”

 

How does it work? AllOne Mobile uses mobile phones to integrate data that users collect from a broad network of sources and save in their HealthVault accounts.

 

AllOne Mobile’s link to HealthVault enables subscribers to share health information about themselves and family members with physicians, hospitals, urgent and emergency care facilities, and other trusted third parties.

 

“AllOne Mobile ties together our fragmented health system’s information exchange capabilities and promotes the health and well-being of individuals and employers for whom they work,” said William C. Reed, president and CEO of AllOne Health, in a statement. “Soon, individuals will be able to securely access, record and analyze real-time data about their health using a device millions of people use every day.”