DETROIT – Compuware Corporation has entered into an agreement to work with Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft’s personal health technology platform. Covisint will provide physicians with better, more efficient and secure access to patients’ records by enabling patients to grant provider access to their

HealthVault records through Covisint’s OnDemand platform.

HealthVault is a software and services health technology platform —

free- of-charge to consumers — that helps people better manage, store and

share their health information with family, friends and healthcare

professionals. HealthVault also provides access to health management tools

and third-party applications to help consumers manage things such as

fitness, diet and health. Physicians connected to Covisint’s platform will

have patient-controlled access to HealthVault records.

“Integrated access to the right health information is critical to

helping people and their caregivers make the right decisions, but adoption

and engagement relies on trust,” said Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice

President for the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp. “When it comes

to accessing healthcare information, there are three must-haves: first

security, followed closely by usability and efficiency. We are excited that

Covisint shares these goals and is committed to delivering an innovative

solution and a trusted experience across consumers and physicians using

Microsoft HealthVault.”

Covisint’s secure, on-demand approach to granting access to information

— regardless of where it exists — makes it simple for physicians across a

community to improve efficiencies in providing care. With Microsoft and

Covisint working together, physicians will now have a new model for

healthcare delivery: a single point of access to patient information.

“The problem and the opportunity are really quite simple: physicians

need secure, quick and efficient access to healthcare information, and

consumers demand better care,” said Bob Paul, President and COO of

Compuware. “This HealthVault-Covisint connection dramatically improves on

both counts, and Covisint is extremely pleased to work with a change agent

like Microsoft to improve healthcare delivery by matching Covisint’s

OnDemand platform with Microsoft HealthVault.”

To learn more, click on Covisint.Com

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