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Entries from September 2007

VitalKey Highlighted by Medical Society of Virginia

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

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Posted by - Ryan Burns, Director of Keyholder Services
The Medical Society of Virginia highlighted the VitalKey in the latest edition of their online newsletter.
The Medical Society of Virginia, also known as the MSV, is a professional association of more than 8,700 Virginia physicians. The Medical Society of Virginia has been responsible for the creation of […]

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What is a “Personal Health Record”?

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

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Posted by - Ryan Burns, Director of Key Holder Services
This is a great video provided by American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) on their site MyPHR.com. It gives a brief tour of your Personal Health Records and the need to have a complete PHR. As the video shows, creating your own personal PHR […]

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Tags: Personal Health Records · Portable Health Records · VitalKey

VitalKey Introduces the Pink Key

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

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RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ — VitalKey, a leader in the rapidly growing field of personal health records, announced its introduction of the Pink Key, a personal health records tool for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families. Like its flagship VitalKey, the Pink Key provides and regularly updates a person’s complete medical records and […]

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Tags: What's New · Personal Health Records · In the News · Portable Health Records · Breast Cancer · Pink Key · VitalKey

New device provides “key” to breast cancer survivorship

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

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Taken from article in Richmond Times Dispatch 
A new USB device could play a “key” role in helping women maneuver life after a diagnosis […]

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Tags: Personal Health Records · In the News · Pink Key · Breast Cancer

Diet and exercise - a Doctor’s point of view

October 8th, 2007 · No Comments

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Posted by - J. Rand Baggesen, M.D.
 
At the Executive Health Evaluation program at the Levinson Heart Hospital we spend hours talking with our patients about how to achieve wellness. Essential to this effort is conscientious plan to use the same discipline that most of our patient’s exhibit at work and apply it to their […]

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Tags: High Tech Health · Health Tips

What will you do when your personal health records get destroyed?

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

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Posted by - Ryan Burns, Director of Key Holder Services
I read an article several weeks ago about an interesting situation involving personal health records and have been mulling it over in the back of my mind. The gist of the article is that tens of thousands of medical records that were once a part […]

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Tags: In the News · Portable Health Records · VitalKey