Blue Button Challenge Winners Offer Some Clues To Future Of Personal Health Record Access

Combining patient data from multiple providers and personal records that can be accessed by emergency staff when users are unconscious were among the winners of the Blue Button Plus challenge. The innovation competition held by the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT is part of a drive to help consumers gain online access to their health records.

GenieMD, Humetrix and Hint Health took the top spots in the challenge to create apps to help consumers view their personal health records on mobile devices and desktop computers.