How is ZipHealth different from mobile PHRs?

ZipHealth is not a PHR any more than BlackBerry is an ISP. While other mobile applications put your health information their website, ZipHealth enables you to keep your health information where you choose to keep it, and yet manage it on your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android phone.

• ZipHealth is the first two-way sync mobile health record (PHR) for people who have their records at Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault. Thus, what is entered into your Personal Health Record (PHR) is automatically updated on ZipHealth and vice versa.
• ZipHealth is the first mobile application that works across all major PHRs and across all major smartphone platforms. That means that you can manage your health information on your smartphone: iPhone, Android, or Blackberry.
• However, we did not stop there because we know that simply having your health records go mobile is not enough. Instead, we enable people to do a variety of things for yourself and the loved ones you care for using ZipHealth.
  1. Prescription Organizer and Pill Reminders
  2. Schedule reminders for follow-up tests and appointments
  3. Logs and instant charts for home monitoring tests (diabetes, blood pressure, mood, peak flow, weight)
• We also feature a way to organize and prepare for doctor visits using a list of "sticky notes" discussion questions related to any portion of your health record, labs, or your log of home monitoring data. Just as a good nurse or medical assistant helps you to organize your questions before your appointment with the doctor, ZipHealth allows you to take control of your own health and log your daily life so that you can share it with your clinicians easily.