ADVERTISEMENT

Health insurance startup Oscar has a new way to get all your medical details in one place for your doctor

Oscar Health is compiling a "Clinical Dashboard" to give doctors a more comprehensive picture of patients' health beyond their electronic health records.

Oscar Health chief technology officer Alan Warren

Oscar Health, the $2.7 billion health-insurance startup, is joining the ranks of businesses trying to pull healthcare data into a single platform that might be accessible to doctors treating a patient.

ADVERTISEMENT

Electronic health records allow doctors to get some information about your medical history. But they don't get it all — like information from an emergency room visit in another state, or notes from telemedicine appointments.

Some of that data can be important, but it's not easy to gather.

As an insurer, Oscar is in a place to pull that information together, because it manages health insurance claims. That puts all of a patient's medical history in one place, no matter the source,

ADVERTISEMENT

Oscar isn't the only one to build one of these platforms. Google Health had a product that tried to do this, and Health IT giant Epic Systems operates a service called MyChart that helps patients see their information and communicate with doctors. There are also services that will store your personal health information though these are mainly managed by patients instead of doctors.

If you're an Oscar member (which, in 2017, Oscar had about 105,000 people enroll in its health plans), your doctor will have access to the Clinical Dashboard.

FOLLOW BUSINESS INSIDER AFRICA

Unblock notifications in browser settings.
ADVERTISEMENT

Recommended articles

Sony’s creators convention redefines the creative landscape for content creators

Sony’s creators convention redefines the creative landscape for content creators

Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa ranked as Africa's most polluted countries in new report

Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa ranked as Africa's most polluted countries in new report

10 African countries with the lowest life expectancy according to the World Bank

10 African countries with the lowest life expectancy according to the World Bank

Kenyan women are more obese than their men - here’s why

Kenyan women are more obese than their men - here’s why

Africa’s richest man Dangote stands between Europe and $17 billion in revenue

Africa’s richest man Dangote stands between Europe and $17 billion in revenue

After months of exchanging blows, Kenya and Uganda takes steps towards resolution

After months of exchanging blows, Kenya and Uganda takes steps towards resolution

Africa's first black billionaire could join $2.9 billion Vivendi bid for MultiChoice

Africa's first black billionaire could join $2.9 billion Vivendi bid for MultiChoice

10 most dangerous African countries in 2024

10 most dangerous African countries in 2024

Russia’s nuclear influence expands further north of Africa

Russia’s nuclear influence expands further north of Africa

ADVERTISEMENT