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Google Health Launched Today

Posted May 20, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Megan Hueter

Section: In The News, His Fitness, Injuries & Rehab, His Health, Physical Health, Lifestyle Health

Google Health, a new service for archiving medical records and finding medical services, was launched today in the beta testing phase. The site, which is currently available for healthcare purposes in the US only, is a personal portal that can be used to upload, store and view personal information; retrieve records from partners; investigate health matters; set alerts such as a reminder to take medication; and run applications that can, for example, keep track of how many miles a person has walked.

“Personal health records is an area that’s just beginning,” said Roni Zeiger, Google Health product manager. “The fact that only few people are using those tools means we [the computing and healthcare industries] haven’t got it right yet.”

Google has been talking about the health initiative for a year. “We [now] actually have the product,” said Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience. “You can sign up today. It is open to the public.”

If this site is capable of handling the privacy laws, I think this type of service has the potential to help a lot of people. I guess we’ll see where it goes!

Research sources and for more information: [zdnet.co.uk]