How to share health records with other Microsoft HealthVault users or other applications

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This article describes how to share health records with other Microsoft HealthVault users or other applications.
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If you are the custodian of a health record you can share some, or all health information, with other HealthVault users or programs. As a HealthVault customer who has custodian rights you determine who can view, or view and change, information in your health record. Here are some ways that you can share information:
  • Your spouse or partner. If your spouse or partner has a HealthVault account, you can share the ownership of the family’s health records.
  • Personal trainer. Provide access to your exercise logs for your personal trainer.
  • Hospital. Allow your hospital to upload discharge instructions.
  • Pediatrician. Allow a pediatrician to view and update your child’s immunization records as well as any other family records.
Levels of Sharing

There are three levels of sharing for a health record. They are as follows:
  • View. The person has read-only access to the information on Home and Health Information page. They cannot view Sharing or History of Changes pages. This is the lowest level of access and is also available only for a specific time.
  • View and modify. The person can add, view, or edit health information or record profile information. However, they cannot view sharing status or history for any items. This access is also available only for a specific time.
  • Act as custodian. The person can view and change health, record profile, and sharing status information. They can also view the history of all changes. This is the highest level of access and there is no time limit for this access.

    IMPORTANT: With custodian access, another person could violate your privacy, and you could even lose access to health records. Only grant such access to people who you trust.
How to Share Health Records

Sharing information with another person is as easy as sending an invitation to another HealthVault user. To do this, follow these steps to send the invitation, or ou can also watch this short video for steps to complete this task: 

How to "Share Health Records in Microsoft HealthVault"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRWUoQ8QQeQ)

  1. Click the Sharing icon in the navigation pane.

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  2. Click Share Health information with someone you trust.
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  3. On the invitation page, type the recipient’s email address.
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  4. Select the share level that you want.
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  5. Select the types of information that you want to share. By default, all information types are selected. When you grant someone access to all health information, any information added in the future is also shared. If you grant access only to specific information types, you must send a new invitation to share new information types with the invitee.
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  6. Set the expiration for a specific month, day, and year, or select No expiration.
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  7. Add an optional note, if you want, such as the reason that the customer is granting access to the person and then click Send Invitation.
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Article ID: 2593222 - Last Review: August 30, 2011 - Revision: 2.0
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