UnitedHealth Group to Launch Its Own Variant of an EHR in 2019

I have commented in previous notes about the increasing role of health insurance companies likeUnitedHealth Group as healthcare providers (see, for example:Major Trends for the Year: Payers Use IT to Provide Total Care Management;OptumHealth, a Division of UnitedHealth, to Offer Virtual Patient Visits Nationwide). This trend, along with the growth of walk-in clinics in"big box" stores, will provide competition for health systems in the area of primary care. Now comes news that the UnitedHealth Group is launching its own e-health record in 2019 (see:UnitedHealth Group to Launch Electronic Health Records Platform in 2019). Below are the details:Before the end of 2019, UnitedHealth Group plans to introduce an electronic health records (EHR) system that it developed internally....UnitedHealth Group...CEO David Wichmann announced plans to roll out a “fully individualized, fully portable” EHR platform in 2019 by leveragingRally, their existing mobile wellness platform....With 20 million registered [health insurance] users already using Rally, this could encourage adoption and use of the new EHR among UnitedHealth Group ’s 50 million fully benefited members....Exact details of the platform ’s capabilities are still unclear.However, additional information...indicates that the new platform might function more like Apple ’s approach to personal health records (PHRs) and less like a traditional EHR....Coverage from Forbes [see:UnitedHealth Group: 50...
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