Walgreens has reached an agreement with Microsoft to provide pharmacy patients access to their personal prescription history through Microsoft HealthVault, a Web-based platform that helps people gather, store and share health information. In addition to prescription information, people can use HealthVault to store copies of their health records obtained from their other providers, insurance plans, government or employers; upload information from health and fitness devices; and share information with health care providers and trainers. (Don Huonker, Walgreens senior vice president of health care innovation.)
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2008 sales of $59 billion. The company operates 6,783 drugstores in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Walgreens Health and Wellness division includes Take Care Health Systems, the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 715 locations throughout the country.
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