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Google's New Project: Your Health Records
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Larry Magid takes a closer look at Google's new health service designed to let users keep all of their medical information in one place online.
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Google Health: Some observations
http://www.krishworld.com/blog/general/google-health-some-ob...Image by Vurter via Flickr Googlelaunched Google Health yesterday, a way to store your health records in the computing cloud. I have no problems in putting my health records in the cloud. My insurance company has access to my health records already. If
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Google Health: Some observations
http://www.krishworld.com/blog/security/google-health-some-o...Google Health: Some observations Cloud Computing, Health Care, Security 3 Comments » Image by Vurter via Flickr Googlelaunched Google Health yesterday, a way to store your health records in the computing cloud. I have no problems in putting my health records in the cloud. My insurance company has access to my health records already. If they can have it, I will have no problem with Google storing it on their clouds. Having made my beliefs with respect to storing my health care records on the computing cloud clear, I would like to add my initial observations of Google health. I may write a detailed review at a later stage but these are just some of my initial observations. The interface is simple, like other Google products. I like it better than any flashy designs. It is your health records and I am pretty sure many people won’t have anything flashy in it. Simple interface is always good. (Thumbs Up) It is not HIPAA compliant. However, Google explains why it is not necessary to be HIPAA compliant. Since Google Health is not a health care provider, they do not come under the terms of HIPAA. Google also offers a page explaining the similarities and differences between HIPAA and Google Health Policies. (Neutral) Google Health uses SSL encryption but I would like to see added security. First, unlike what Microsoft did when it launched Health Vault, Google health is not forcing the users to set up a strong password on their account. Second, Google Health is connected to Google accounts and hence to other Google services. Any “mishap” in one of the other services will compromise your health records. I would like to see an additional layer of protection with respect to Google Health. Well, Google suggests you to create an account just for the sake of Google Health but it is rather naive. They should add additional layer of protection for Google Health. Third, there should be an explicit warning to users every time they log into Google Health about possible security issues when accessing Google Health from public computers. Users are not all that educated about the trace of their online activities left on the computers they use. A warning should be shown before they could log into their account every time even if it is inconvenient for users. (Thumbs Down) Google Health is, atleast right now, US based. For a person like me who was born in another country, I need more options to make my health records complete. (Neutral) More importantly, there is no option to export my data from Google Health. It is a downer. I should be able to take my health records to any service I want. (Thumbs Down) These are my initial observations on Google Health. I haven’t explored it deeply as yet. I understand that the service is still in beta and I hope they add more features in the future. Online health records are important. The complete control of the records should be given to the users. The security and privacy of the records should be given the utmost attention. Google has taken the necessary first step, along with Microsoft and many other startups. We have to wait and see how it is going to benefit the customer. I wouldn’t come to a conclusion about the merits of this service at such an early stage. Related articles Google’s New Project: Your Health Records [via Zemanta] Google Health Launches [via Zemanta] In Google We Trust: Health docs depo now open to Americans [via Zemanta] Your personal health: Google Health is live [via Zemanta] Google Makes Health Service Publicly Available [via Zemanta]
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Google’s New Project: Your Health Records
http://www.mobilechronicles.com/2008/05/21/googles-new-proje...Google’s New Project: Your Health Records May 21st, 2008 About a year ago Google announced that it would launch a service to allow users to store their own health records on a secure website. There was a lot of discussion about what it would look like but the wait is over. A free public “beta test” version of Google Heath is now operational at google.com/health. The service allows users to create an online profile that includes information about any medical conditions, test results, procedures, immunizations and medications. You’re also asked to enter in your height, weight, blood type and race. With this information, the service, in theory, could offer you tailored medical information as well as serving as a central hub storing your medical records. via LET US GROW: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Posted in google, health
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In The News: Project Launch
http://www.launchyourproject.com/37/2008/05/24/in-the-news-p...CapMed to Participate in Medical Records Institute’s … Centre Daily Times - Centre,PA,USA As part of the Interoperability Project, several thousand TEPR Conference attendees will be invited to load patient health information onto mobile phones … Google’s New Project: Your Health Records CBS News - New York,NY,USA (CBS) About a year ago Google announced that it would launch a service to allow users to store their own health records on a secure website. … O2 UK set to revamp website, re-launch set for end-July Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands Agencies VCCP and Avenue A/Razorfish have been selected to develop the new site, which is set to launch at end-July. O2 UK’s project manager, … Levira, EMT launch pilot DVB-H mobile TV service in Estonia Broadcast Engineering - Overland Park,KS,USA … has partnered with telco operator EMT to launch a pilot DVB-H mobile TV service in Estonia. According to the DVB Project, the trial was expected to … Qatar plans to launch a Media City Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Amman,Jordan The site for the project has been identified and a feasibility study has got the approval from the higher authorities, a source told Al Sharq daily. … Liberty Natural Gas to Provide Northeast With New Supply of Clean … FOXBusiness - USA … a New York based privately held company, announced today the launch of its $550 million Liberty Natural Gas Transmission Project (”Liberty Natural Gas”) … Tunisia: Launch of the Activities of National ‘Genes Bank’ Group … AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA The project aim at planting several early local varieties and to disseminate them among Tunisian farmers who will then reintroduce them in the agricultural … Marketing Pivot signing ceremony for project launch on ‘Emergence … AME Info - United Arab Emirates The initiative ‘EMPOWER’ and the research project titled , ‘The Emergence of UAE Women as an Economic Force’ is a unique initiative for the region which … Mercedes-Benz and Mike Horn launch the unique PANGAEA … The FINANCIAL - Tbilisi,Georgia The FINANCIAL — A globally unique environmental project was launched on May 19 at the Monaco Yacht Club when the biggest polar exploration sail boat ever … CapMed to Participate in Medical Records Institute’s … NEWTOWN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CapMed, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BITI) and a leader in interactive personal health management solutions, today announced its. Metro Philadelphia Headlines - http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/philly/ NASA Gives ‘Go’ For Space Shuttle Launch On May 31 By PMFORUM Webmaster(PMFORUM Webmaster) CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - May 19, 2008 — NASA senior managers completed a review Monday of space shuttle Discovery’s readiness for flight and selected May 31 as the official launch date for the STS-124 mission. Commander Mark Kelly and his … PM Connect: Project Management… - http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/press/index.htm Pre Production Engineer By Major Recruitment Ltd Work with Production Supervision to ensure all manufacturing cells are optimised for Quality and delivery during the 3 months after project launch. 12. Able to communicate at all levels including customer contact during mass production … My Sheffield Jobs - http://www.mysheffieldjobs.co.uk Brilliant property investment recommendation By Jasonjuliuslim Over the long weekend, the developer decided to soft launch this project (VUTTON) and resulting a 50% wipe off. Many stocks and shares investors saw the potential and booked a unit on the spot! Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity! … Internet Marketing Singapore Forums - http://www.internetmarketingsingapore.com/forums Energy efficiency campaign launches in Burlington on Friday Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., from Vermont and others will join sponsor representatives and volunteers to officially launch Project Porchlight Vermont. The project will launch with speeches at 5 pm at Run Vermont Sports and Fitness Expo, … burlingtonfreepress.com - - http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com
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Mice Study Suggests Potential Health Risk in Tiny Carbon Fibers (New York Times)
http://healthbabe.info/2008/05/21/mice-study-suggests-potent...Mice Study Suggests Potential Health Risk in Tiny Carbon Fibers (New York Times) Studies in mice suggest that nanotubes may carry a health risk similar to that of asbestos, but scientists say the findings are not cause for alarm. NY cities, towns incur big costs for retiree health (Reuters via Yahoo! News) New York’s counties, cities and towns will have to spend "tens of billions" of dollars on health care for retired public workers, the state comptroller said on Tuesday, issuing one of the first such estimates. Google offers online personal health records (International Herald Tribune) Google Health is the latest entrant in a growing field. Outgoing Cook Co. health chief praised despite falling revenue (Daily Herald) Cook County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday praising outgoing Bureau of Health chief Bob Simon, even as they accepted a report on hospital financials that indicate revenues continued to plummet under his stewardship. Podcast: Google Health and a case of the heebie-jeebies (CNET) Napster opens up its massive MP3 library; why Google Health gives Rafe Needleman a serious case of the willies; and can cable companies succeed in the wireless market? Manicurists worried about health hazards of job (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A visit to a nail salon is usually a relaxing, pampering event for a woman but for salon workers it can be a health hazard, according to a new study. Health Highlights: May 20, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Google’s New Project: Your Health Records (CBS News) Larry Magid takes a closer look at Google’s new health service designed to let users keep all of their medical information in one place online. Google Offers Personal Health Records on the Web (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) The Internet search giant joins other companies, all hoping to capitalize on the potential of Internet tools to help consumers manage their own health care.
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http://pimm.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/google-factory-tour-of-...
probably right - “that the most interesting, innovative services of Google Health are the ones that we haven’t seen or even thought of yet.” So watch “the pivotal moment of the history of healthcare” using the words of Stephen Suffin, corporate chief medical officer from Quest Diagnostics. If Twitter is down (which is quite common) people go to FriendFeed instead and tweeting with ff messages. People expect usually too much from Google even in the sectors, like biotechnology or medicine where Google is not native. For me the recent Google Health - which is basically an embryonic online medical health record system for users with a Gmail Account in the USA - seems to be rather about just catching up with the past than doing the future right now. That is not a criticism but rather a description. Storing/exchanging/updating individual medical records digitally is a “must-have-done-by-now” for the geeks, early technological adopters as the technology long exists, while it is still far-far away concerning current medical practices. Google Health is really forward thinking in the way that it facilitates medical consumers/patients to upload their medical profile/conditions in the lack of institutional data thereby getting more familiar with everything health related. But Google Health is for the more or less healthy/mainstream and not for the seriously ill: in its recent form it cannot help to find a clinical trial for a rare disease, say. Wired’s Betsy Schiffman writes: For the moment, Google Health looks like a charity operation. The company won’t serve ads on the site (presumably to avoid the appearance of impropriety); nor does it plan on selling data, which would likely be extremely lucrative. Instead, the company is focused on building out the service and growing market share. That’s a good thing, say industry watchers, because it could take years before the market matures and consumers are ready for the digital health revolution. Yep, it is still too early and building a critical mass is a crucial thing. It is so early that most of the angles remain hidden in obligatory posts on Google Health. I suggest to read the detailed & insightful comments, for instance this one at TechCrunch by Fred Neil: Personal Health Records, PHR’s, have been getting a fair amount of attention over the past few years. There is legislation requiring physicians to have all medical records available in an electronic format, Electronic Medical Records or EMR, by 2010. The big challenge is inter-operability in which physicians will be able to exchange data with patients so that patients can maintain their own PH R PURL. This is awesome for data portability, i.e. having your medical data available on a PURL and/or handheld when traveling rather than having to fill out ridiculous medical forms. This is all great in theory, but we are years if not decades away from consumer adoption and sufficient standards for nomenclature and fields used for medical data. I have learned much about this over the past year in a stealth start up I just put on the shelf w too many landmines and resistance. It will happen some day, just not soon.
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Google Health and Your Health
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/blog/diagnosis/google-health-a...Google Health and Your Health This week, Google unveiled Google Health, its long-awaited portal for storing patient medical records. This is another promising development in the long, slow movement to better use of information technology (IT) in health care. As matters stand, most patient records are stored on paper and housed inaccessibly in physicians’ offices, despite the revolution in IT which has transformed most other sectors of the American economy (see my New Atlantis article “The Clipboard of the Future” for more on the health IT conundrum). The new Google portal is free to users. Data must be entered into the system by participating medical providers or the patients themselves. So far, Google has signed up a handful of high-profile participating providers, including the highly respected Cleveland Clinic. Patients getting care with these providers can have their medical information automatically uploaded into their Google Health account. But, most physicians and hospitals do not yet have the ability to easily place patient data onto the Internet, so Google Health users will have to rely on themselves to keep their patient information complete and up-to-date. Google’s new health venture will compete directly with Microsoft’s Health Vault, launched in 2007. Both companies have invested heavily in privacy protection to give users confidence that their online patient records are secure. posted by James C. Capretta | 11:09 am File As: Health Care, Internet, Privacy Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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The Man
http://www.thecasuist.com/2008/05/man.htmlThe Man No longer is the government considered 'the man', it is google. They have mapped the internet, mapped the world, they have all of my credit card information, this blog is even run by google, and now they are trying to take over health care...if they did not have my implicit trust, I would be very, very nervous. Posted by Reed
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Google Health Canda? Your Health Records and EMR
http://medicaltechnologyontario.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/goo...I always wondered what would happen if Google Health decided to launch in Canada. Would there be an effect on the Canadian Healthcare system? Or would PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) get in the way? ——– About a year ago Google announced that it would launch a service to allow users to store their own health records on a secure website. There was a lot of discussion about what it would look like but the wait is over. A free public “beta test” version of Google Heath is now operational at google.com/health. The service allows users to create an online profile that includes information about any medical conditions, test results, procedures, immunizations and medications. You’re also asked to enter in your height, weight, blood type and race. With this information, the service, in theory, could offer you tailored medical information as well as serving as a central hub storing your medical records. Eventually the goal is for users to be able to import their health information from the secure websites of care providers. To that end, Google already has arrangements with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the Cleveland Clinic as well the online pharmacies from Longs Drugs, Walgreens, RXAmerica and Medco. A relationship with Quest Diagnostics allows users of its services to import their lab tests. Google also has a link to the American Heart Association’s heart attack risk assessment site so that you can get your customized risk assessment without having to retype your height, weight, cholesterol and other into the Heart Association’s site. One nice feature is the drug interaction alert that lets you know about potential conflicts between drugs you take. Of course, you have to remember to enter all your drugs for that to work. Because none of my providers are among Google’s initial partners, I had to enter all the information myself. Fortunately, it was easy to find because the health clinic I use most of the time has its own online service that stores this information. I’m pretty happy with what my provider offers but it’s an island of information. If, for example, I were to have a blood test done elsewhere, that information would not be on my provider’s site nor is there a way I could even type it in. Google is trying to solve that problem by creating a health record keeping system that is controlled by the user, not the health care provider. This is especially important for those of us who don’t belong to a health maintenance organization (HMO) because we might visit different physicians who are not affiliated with each other. Clearly privacy is the number one concern when it comes to any online medical information service. Google’s health privacy policy states that “You control who can access your personal health information. By default, you are the only user who can view and edit your information.” You can, however choose to share your information with others. The company also promises not to “sell, rent, or share your information” and will let you delete your account or any information in it at any time. read more | digg story
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