TELUS health space™, powered by Microsoft® HealthVault™, is Canada’s first online consumer health service that will put Canadians in control of their health information. It is the kind of service that can serve as the foundation for building new models of care in Canada where citizens have access to their personal health information and a variety of online tools for health and wellbeing, chronic disease management, paediatric care and much more, helping Canadians take an active role in living healthier lifestyles.

This web-enabled service is a ubiquitous enabling platform for personal health self-management that connects people and information together. It will allow Canadians to:

• create and organize one, single view of all their personal health data,
• play a more active role in their care, and
• collaborate with their care providers to make faster, more informed decisions about their health.

With an open architecture platform TELUS health space can serve all stakeholders across the healthcare system.

• Government, Commercial and Industry sponsors can offer their constituents a way to access and control medical information for them and their family and new tools to make proactive decisions about their health.

• Application developers and solution providers can offer their constituents a way to access and control medical information for them and their family and new tools to make proactive decisions about their health.

• Consumers will be able to consolidate their health information into one easily accessible account and can use a variety of user-friendly health and wellness self-management tools to help attain and maintain good health.

• Physicians can use it to coordinate clinical trials, track and manage patients who are ill or with chronic conditions, and enable patients to proactively collaborate in their care through connected patient portals.

• Hospitals offering patients TELUS health space accounts can provide them with accurate and more complete discharge information, lab results, and care instructions to facilitate efficient continuity of care and reduced burden on their facilities.

• Large commercial organizations can offer employees a selection of health and wellness solutions that help reduce disability claims, absenteeism and costs associated with poor health and contribute to improved employee engagement and performance.

To learn more about how TELUS health space please contact healthcaresolutions@telus.com.

  TELUS partners with Microsoft to create web-based PHR - reprinted with permission from Canadian Healthcare Technology