So far, we have looked at the mechanisms provided within HealthVault to track, update, and visualize health information. Outside applications, however, offer even more information. For instance, the Mayo Clinic Health Manager application (https://healthmanager.mayoclinic.com) can track your weight toward an intended goal (Figure 1-14).

The Mayo Clinic Health Manager is able to access all the weight information from a user’s HealthVault account using the HealthVault API. If you’re not a programmer, you can benefit from many such applications that add value to HealthVault by allowing you to track and measure health data. If, however, you have modest programming skills in almost any modern language, this book will show how you can create your own.