Welcome to the Microsoft® HealthVault™ beta! This guide gives you the information you need to make your device compatible with HealthVault. It includes guidelines on how to create a driver, obtain a Works with HealthVault logo, optimize the end user experience, and list your device in the HealthVault Device Directory on HealthVault.com and in HealthVault Connection Center.
Microsoft© HealthVault™ is a new personal health platform that lets consumers gather, store, and share health information online. You can use it to store health information obtained from providers, health plans, pharmacies, and uploaded from HealthVault enabled devices – including yours! With HealthVault, users can share their health information with family, friends, and health care professionals, and have access to trustworthy online health management applications.
There are many different types of HealthVault enabled devices today some of which are fitness watches, pulse oximeters, blood pressure devices, peak flow meters, weight/body composition scales, and pedometers. The HealthVault team encourages the addition of new device types and different varieties of the current device types.
Learn how your device may fit into the HealthVault ecosystem.
Manufacturers wishing to connect their devices to a PC to upload data to HealthVault must develop a driver that is compatible with HealthVault Connection Center (HVCC). HVCC is an application that runs on the PC and manages the data exchange between the device and HealthVault.
The HealthVault Device Driver Development Kit (DDK) contains the necessary documentation, samples, and tools to help you develop your driver. If you would like some help developing your driver, please browse the HealthVault Consultant Directory for a list of companies that have built HealthVault-compatible applications or device drivers and are eager to help you.
The HealthVault logo helps give consumers confidence that a device is compatible with HealthVault, and associates the device with a premium, trouble-free experience. The logo allows customers to quickly identify products that are designed to work with HealthVault and meet the usability and performance requirements.
Before a device manufacturer can qualify to display a “Works with Microsoft HealthVault” logo on products and packaging, the device needs to be certified by a Microsoft-designated independent testing organization to ensure that certain standards of quality and usability are met.
Please follow these instructions to obtain the Works with Microsoft HealthVault logo.
Once you have completed the steps above, you will probably want to include your device in the HealthVault Device Directory and in the HealthVault Connection center driver list. The HealthVault Device Directory contains a list of devices that are compatible with HealthVault and is a great way for you to showcase your device. HealthVault Connection Center provides a list of drivers that the consumer can choose to install.
To submit your device to the HealthVault Device Directory, please fill out an Application for HealthVault Device Directory form and send it to hvbd@microsoft.com .
Note: Please follow these guidelines to properly integrate your driver with HealthVault Connection Center.
Learn how your device may fit into the HealthVault ecosystem
Learn how to obtain the Works with Microsoft HealthVault logo
Learn how to integrate your driver with HVCC
Application for HealthVault Device Directory
HealthVault Driver Development Kit (DDK)
Works with Microsoft HealthVault Test kit
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Technical Support: hvdevice@microsoft.com
