HSS helps individuals manage their health through a combination of self-monitoring, education and qualitative analysis.
| Key Features | Description |
| Personal Health Profile/Record | Capture of patient-specific information for subsequent access by patient. Includes self-reporting & data feeds. |
| Personal Action Plan | Programs that help users develop and implement self management actions regarding their disease (exercise, diet, self-monitoring). |
| Electronic Diaries | Allow patients to electronically record journal entries. Diaries can be printed and brought/shared with physicians. |
| Health Risk Assessment | Online self-administered risk assessment with feedback and recommended behavior changes. |
| Population screening and Risk Stratification | Assessment focused on specific disease. Analysis of patient data using algorithms to identify potential candidates for disease management. |
| Home monitoring data flows | Electronic charting/graphing of home monitoring data (self reported or downloaded from bluetooth enabled device). |
| Medical Knowledge | Disease related information, education and self-care training. |
| Online access to drug information | Access to drug reference, interactions and ability to search by name, brand or symptoms. |
| Forums, Newsletters & Community boards | Discussion forums, experience sharing, etc. General health and/or disease specific information and posting. |
| Online Ask-an-Expert | Online submission and response to patient questions from a nurse or other expert. |
| Patient and care giver messaging | Two-way messaging between patient and physician/case manager. Notifications including patient specific and population specific reminders. |
| Clinician access to PHR | Electronic access to patient's PHR for sharing/review. |
| Database mining tool | Customizable reporting tools used to analyze disease patterns and program effectiveness. |
| Rule based out-reach programs | For example, "send this information packet if the patient's blood glucose is consistently above 200". |
| Conversion of paper records | Capture patient-specific information from paper records (FAX2EHR). |
| Patient symptoms & search | Ability for patients to enter symptoms and find possible causes using the Artificial Intelligence driven Differential Diagnosis. * |