Microsoft seems to be doing a lot of opening up today (just look at TechMeme). And their health offerings seem to be no different. Heck they almost made Fred Trotter choke on his cheerios.
According to Sean Nolan, a very well written post I might add, Microsoft is opening up HealthVault to the development community. This, to me, makes HealthVault viable. The highlights
The complete HealthVault XML interface protocol specification will be made public
Developers will be able to reimplement the HealthVault service and run their own versions of the system
Microsoft will irrevocably promise that we will not make patent claims against you for implementing the specification, subject to the terms of the OSP
This is a big deal, especially the part about letting developers re-implement the service. That’s when the service becomes a platform. Smart move by my neighbors from Redmond.
Opening up HealthVault
According to Sean Nolan, a very well written post I might add, Microsoft is opening up HealthVault to the development community. This, to me, makes HealthVault viable. The highlights
This is a big deal, especially the part about letting developers re-implement the service. That’s when the service becomes a platform. Smart move by my neighbors from Redmond.
Google, which announced the launch of a pilot health study, also seems to be headed in a similar direction (they’re using GData)
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