From the article: "The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT wants
to automate for all patients the Blue Button feature that is currently
available to veterans, military service members and Medicare beneficiaries to
obtain their health information.
The Blue Button enables patients to view and download their information in
simple text format. ONC is working with the Veterans Affairs Department, which
first established Blue Button two years ago for its personal health record,
MyHealtheVet, according to Lygeia Ricciardi, acting director of ONC’s Office of
Consumer eHealth. But first, standards and technical descriptions for the tool
must be identified." Read more
