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February 28, 2008, 11:37 am
Flag as Inappropriate gbyrd
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Google tests online system to store health records
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ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Web search company Google Inc is testing in the United States an online storage bank where individuals can store and access their medical records, the company said on Thursday.
Just last week, Google said it was teaming up with the Cleveland Clinic, a leading academic medical center, to test an exchange of medical data that Google says will put the patient in charge of his own records. The electronic system will allow patients to control their records and interact with multiple physicians, health care service providers and pharmacies.
Google said other possible partners include health insurer Aetna Inc, medical testing company Quest Diagnostics, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies, and hospitals.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, addressing a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in Orlando, Florida, described a secure information service in which consumers store their health records in a Web-based system on Google computers.
Access to medical records would require a login and password, he said. Privacy is one of the first principles of the system, Schmidt added.
"The information in your health record is yours and it doesn't get shared with anyone else without your permission," he said.
Asked if the system would make money for Google, Schmidt replied, "Not in the short-term."
Google makes money by selling online advertisements on popular Web services it offers. But it refrains from advertising on other services such as Google News.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2854822020080228?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
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March 23, 2008, 7:47 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Ozzie says...
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I think it would be great if we could all access our own medical records online. I recently had to change from one health system to another and getting the records from one to the other was a huge problem....no co-operation between the two.
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March 28, 2008, 6:24 am
Flag as Inappropriate Kathy22 says...
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Given the prevalence of computer hackers getting into online databases recently, I am not too keen on the idea of my medical history being stored online. No matter what security features they use, there is nothing that escapes the hackers for long. This whole idea makes me very uncomfortable.
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June 3, 2008, 6:39 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Mercy says...
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I don't like this idea at all. As much as I love Google, I think they are becoming too pervasive. Secondly, I don't care how good Google is, I am way too nervous to have my medical info out there for these hackers to swarm over.
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