UC San Francisco and New York City-based Cornell Tech are among five healthcare organizations collaborating to develop a public service that allows Android users to access their electronic medical records from their phone.
The service, called CommonHealth, is currently being piloted at UCSF as well as select academic medical centers and health systems across the country.
Designed with interoperability standards such as Health Level 7 and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, CommonHealth provides Android users access to their health records and the ability to share data with health apps. The service is like Apple's Health Records feature for iPhone, which launched in January 2018. The app allows users to download their medical records, including data on allergies, past appointments and lab results, directly to their iPhone.
"Apple has shown real leadership and moved the industry forward by enabling patient access to their health information," said JP Pollak, CommonHealth product lead and senior researcher in residence at Cornell Tech. "Now CommonHealth is significantly expanding the number of people who can benefit from easy electronic access to their health records."
Sage Bionetworks, Open mHealth and the Commons Project are also collaborators on the project.