Ideally, Web-based health tools probably shouldn’t be tied to any care giver or insurance company.
Such ties will stop the tools from performing at least one valuable function — comparing the value and quality offered by different care givers and insurers — and they make it much harder to move your information if you cut your ties to the company that sponsors a tool you use.
That said, if you’re already a CVS customer and have no particular desire for an online tool that helps you find better prices at Wal-Mart or some other pharmacy, the new CVS prescription manager looks pretty useful.
Key prescription management features of the new CVS.com include:
o View your prescription history
o Order refills directly from your prescription history
o Check order status
o Choose your pickup location
o Receive reminders when it’s time to refill a prescription
o Request prescription renewal
o Alert for new generic alternatives
o Transfer prescriptions from another pharmacy
Those are all pretty handy features. Better still, CVS says it will soon make its site compatible with both Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.
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