The following is a browseable and searchable archive of Adventist HealthCare corporate news releases. Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google had higher hopes for new solutions they presented in 2007 and 2008, respectively, that aimed to allow consumers to record and share overall health and fitness information digitally. The idea was to produce a centralized repository for health information that patients controlled. But getting disparate providers and insurers to share medical information in an straightforward-to-use format proved difficult. Google’s supplying, Google Wellness, was discontinued in 2011. Microsoft’s version, named HealthVault, is nonetheless about, but in January Microsoft discontinued an app that allowed buyers to analyze their information. Tech providers are nonetheless trying: Apple Inc. lately announced an initiative to let buyers access their well being records on their phones, although it can only link to a restricted number of healthcare records systems now.

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