Pros: myHealthFolio provides a user with easy ways to manage personal health records in an efficient way. By keeping a record of appointments and important dates, myHealthFolioensures that all medical needs are attended to when they are due. Advanced integration with Microsoft’s HealthVault makes myHealthFolio an excellent tool for users who already use Microsoft’s service and would like to have an upgrade.

Cons: myHealthFolio is a PHR service that is user friendly for a those with a Windows live account, less so for users who don’t. The registration process of myHealthFolio supports users who are either registered with Microsoft’s HealthVault or have an OpenID account, but integrates and assists with opening a HealthVault account for those who do not.

The Bottomline: myHealthFolio is a free PHRto easily manage the medical. The application provides users with the ability to record and track their health statuses and provide thorough medical summaries of health records to healthcare providers. myHealthFolio is not only easy to use but is also all-inclusive service and will help ensure the optimum health of users as well as their families. One downfall is the difficulty navigating from a newly created HealthVault account to myHealthFolio.

Editor’s Rating:

Reviewed on March 11, 2011

Summary:
myHealthFolio is an online personal health record system that allows an individual to create, update as well as manage his/her health records in an efficient way. A service that comes with advanced integration with Microsoft’s HealthVault service, myHealthFolio is something that not only has the ability to store all your medical information but also provides reliable suggestions and measures that would allow you to maintain your health in an efficient way.

Features:
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Share Medical Reports –Users have complete control over sharing of medical information. Family or trusted others, including healthcare providers, may be authorized through the account. Users may secure certain areas so that they may not be accessed.

Safe and Secure – The ability to upload medical information on myHealthFolio securely is maintained via integration with Microsoft HealthVault. All information is protected with the best security available online.

Manage Your Information – By allowing its users to store information related to their medical history, myHealthFolio, users may monitor as well as analyze their health online and reach educated conclusions about improving diet and fitness regimes. Its integration with Microsoft’s HealthVault service is an added advantage that works in the favor of its users.

Email Alerts and other Notifications – myHealthFoliohas an integrated calendar to manage appointments and health events.myHealthFolio also provides material on health education so that users can easily access accurate information.

Track Healthcare Costs – Apart from all the above features, myHealthFolio is also an effective tool for calculating and keeping a tab on the healthcare costs that are incurred due to frequent illnesses. Allowing its users to monitor previous healthcare costs and review their previous healthcare claims, myHealthFolio also allows a user to leverage the HSA and HRA budgeting tools for effective yet low cost healthcare.