Google Health Launched
With the expectation of amassing “thousands of partners and millions of users,” a new initiative by the internet giant, Google, brings personal medical records online and in control of the patient him- or herself.
Google Health launched on Monday, after more than a year in development, joining other companies that also offer consumers ways to manage their personal medical records online. Some current competitors include Microsoft, Revolution Health, and WebMD.
Google Health teamed up with the Cleveland Clinic for a two-month trial earlier this year and the partnership was met with enthusiastic success. Limited to only 1,600 initial patients, this pilot project quickly became oversubscribed. Patients and medical personnel alike found the service to be a convenient and helpful tool in managing and sharing patient records.
Individual subscribers enter or delete personal data at their own discretion and medical personnel can review the entire record for details that might not have been mentioned in a clinic visit, such as outside specialists and medications prescribed elsewhere. Describing just one benefit of reviewing the full medical record, doctors expect to see fewer cases of dangerous drug interactions when they prescribe a medication that might interact adversely with other medications a patient might be taking but failed to disclose.
The American Heart Association, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Quest Diagnostics, CVS, and Walgreens are among more than two dozen entities that have joined Cleveland Clinic as some of the first partners of the Google Health records management service. These partnerships are described as not exclusive, meaning partners can also subscribe to competing records management services, such as Microsoft’s, for a more thorough exchange of information throughout an increasingly large network of healthcare providers.
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The way Google shares information, would you want your private medical information out in hyber-space,? NOT….
I agree completely with poster #2. This database is a privacy buster. Wouldn’t the insurance companies (and the Government) just LOVE to get their hands on this megabase. How long before it’s hacked and sold? (Especially from a Google insider)!!!
have a look at this:
http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html
This is deeply disturbing from a privacy perspective. I am already alarmed that my internist has switched to electronic records, and now they will be accessible online? This will only make it easier for insurance companies to find an excuse to deny coverage. Enough is enough, we need to stand against this. Why isn’t everyone outraged?
Health Care needs to be accessible for patients, and patient’s records need to be readily available to them. This is great for the consumers.
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Shannon,
I wouldn’t be too worried about your medical information on an electronic medical record system, (EMR), ask your doctor about their server and who’s hosting it, also they have to be HIPAA compliant and you should have received a document from your doctor’s office stating that, also with your approval signature. It appears that Google will buy some of these EMR companies to get the medical records they need to get up and running. We need to talk to our doctors and make sure they do not use an interface with a search engine company to get to your charts. You will probably be told that it will be a great system and that you will be able to add and delete your own medical record; however that’s not entirely true.
BC DC, CSCS,
is correct in Healthcare needs to be accessible for patients, However, Medical records need to be in control of the patient and doctor not search engines and insurance companies as a health and wellness office you should know that.
Get real people. Electronic Medcal Records (EMR) are here to stay. Yes, we have to trust the technology that holds our private and personal information. If Google or anyone else wants to get into this business that need to secure the confidence of the consumer. We also need laws that will hold service providers accountable to leaks and exposed data. But, lets not get paranoid. Who wants to know about your hemoroid problem? It’s not exciting news. But, if you’re in rural Wyoming and you’re in a serious car wreck. You will want the staff at the ER to know as much about you as possible before they start digging in to fix you up. I look forward to a secure EMR system in the future.
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