An employer health care coalition in Minnesota is offering state residents a personal health record that’s independent of any provider, payer or employer.

The PHRs, launched by the Buyers Health Care Action Group, uses the myHealthfolio technology from Minneapolis-based Avenet running on the Microsoft HealthVault platform. Controlled solely by the individual, the platform allows users to track their individual and family health histories, including care received and medications taken. They also will have access to wellness and fitness information, online services to help them manage and improve their health and information generated by home monitoring devices.

The PHRs will be able to store patients’ health records from physicians, hospitals, health plans, pharmacies, labs or employers. The Buyers Health Care Action Group says several unnamed employers and health care organizations have signed up to participate in the PHR, which will launch in July. The group says the goal of the project is to encourage better coordination of information across the care continuum.

More information is available at bhcag.com