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Dossia Consortium Expands with Vanguard Health Systems

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As a leading provider of personally-controlled health records, Dossia has announced the addition of Vanguard Health Systems to its consortium of top U.S. employers. The expansion aims to empower employees to make informed healthcare decisions by providing access to their health data through personally-controlled health records (PCHRs). Dossia's consortium now comprises nine employers, including Applied Materials, AT&T, BP America, Cardinal Health, Intel, Pitney Bowes, Abraxis BioScience, sanofi-aventis, Wal-Mart, and Vanguard Health Systems.

Key Takeaways:

  • Dossia's PCHR system allows employees to access and control their lifelong, personal, private, and portable health information, enabling them to become agents for change in their own lives.
  • The Dossia consortium is working to deploy the PCHR solution to all its founding members, including Vanguard Health Systems, to provide employees with access to their health information.
  • Vanguard Health Systems Chairman and CEO Charlie Martin expressed enthusiasm about the partnership, citing the need for untethered PHRs and the transportability of healthcare data as key to empowering employees with control over their healthcare.
  • Colin Evans, President and CEO of Dossia, highlighted the importance of employer healthcare empowerment, stating that giving employees responsibility over their own health and healthcare can help decrease healthcare costs.
  • Dossia's primary goal is to create a Web-based infrastructure for storing and managing employees' health information via private and portable electronic health records.

Statistics:

  • The Dossia consortium currently comprises nine top U.S. employers, with Vanguard Health Systems being the newest member.
  • The consortium aims to break down barriers to health information, which will help drive consumer-initiated change.
  • Vanguard Health Systems owns and operates 15 acute care hospitals and complementary facilities and services in Chicago, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; San Antonio, Texas; and Massachusetts.
  • Vanguard Health Systems has three managed care health plans: Phoenix Health Plan, Abrazo Advantage Health Plan, and MacNeal Health Providers.

Sources:

  • Dossia (www.dossia.org)
  • Vanguard Health Systems
  • NewsRx.com, Copyright 2009
  • Biotech Week
  • Dossia Consortium Founders:

+ Applied Materials

+ AT&T

+ BP America

+ Cardinal Health

+ Intel

+ Pitney Bowes

+ Abraxis BioScience

+ sanofi-aventis

+ Wal-Mart

+ Vanguard Health Systems

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