UNIVAL(R), Inc. Becomes a Microsoft(R) HealthVault(TM) Application Provider

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Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:52pm EDT

yourHealth(TM) Provides Easy Importing of Medical Records Into a User's
HealthVault Profile

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- UNIVAL, Inc., a healthcare
company that delivers a variety of integrated healthcare services, announced
that it has connected the UNIVAL application to the Microsoft HealthVault
platform. HealthVault lets consumers collect, store, and share health
information online. The UNIVAL application, called yourHealth(TM), allows
HealthVault users to send paper medical records and have expert nurses quickly
and accurately convert them to a format that can be imported into their
HealthVault profile.
    "We are pleased to be working with Microsoft HealthVault," said Michael
Gallagher, President of UNIVAL. "The healthcare industry is becoming
consumer-driven and together UNIVAL and Microsoft help consumers manage their
health information in this new environment."
    "UNIVAL is offering a valuable service to HealthVault users," said Nate
McLemore, senior director of the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft, "To take
full advantage of the benefits of HealthVault, consumers need the ability to
easily import personal health data into their account. With yourHealth,
consumers can convert paper health records to structured electronic data in
HealthVault simply by sending a fax."
    yourRecords, part of the yourHealth suite of services, offers three
solutions for getting your medical information into HealthVault.  Choose one
or all of the following;
    -- Full data conversion of your medical records by a trained, experienced
nurse abstractor,
    -- Direct import of organized, scanned documents, and
    -- An online interface to complete specific aspects of your personal
health record such as demographics, insurance information, etc.
    Individually they have distinct advantages -- combined, they form one
powerful, complete package that ensures the portability, flexibility, and
accuracy of your personal health information. To learn more about UNIVAL's
yourHealth suite visit http://yourhealth.unival-med.com/indexm.asp . To learn
more or sign up for a free Microsoft HealthVault account visit
http://www.healthvault.com/ .
    About UNIVAL, Inc.
    UNIVAL, Inc., headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has provided services
in the healthcare field for over twenty years. Today, UNIVAL delivers a
variety of integrated healthcare services to some of the nation's largest
healthcare insurance companies, health plans and employers throughout the U.S.
UNIVAL's services include medical record and site reviews, IME scheduling and
EMR implementation. Providing the highest quality customer service possible,
UNIVAL goes above and beyond industry standards. For further information, call
(800) 332-4463 or visit http://www.unival-med.com .
SOURCE  UNIVAL, Inc.

Allison Halerz of UNIVAL, Inc., +1-800-332-4463,
allison.halerz@unival-med.com
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