Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:10:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Sue Fraser <xcschild@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Net-Gold@yahoogroups.com
To: Net-Gold <Net-Gold@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Net-Gold] Google to Store Cleveland Clinic Patient Records
Google to Store Cleveland Clinic Patient Records
SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few
thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to
raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to
the Internet search leader.
The pilot project to be announced today will involve 1,500 to 10,000
patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to an electronic transfer
of their personal health records so they can be retrieved through Google's
new service, which won't be open to the general public.
Each health profile, including information about prescriptions, allergies
and medical histories, will be protected by a password that's also
required to use other Google services such as e-mail and personalized
search tools.
Google views its expansion into health records management as a logical
extension because its search engine already processes millions of requests
from people trying to find about more information about an injury, illness
or recommended treatment.
But the health venture also will provide more fodder for privacy watchdogs
who believe Google already knows too much about the interests and habits
of its users as its computers log their search requests and store their
e-mail discussions.
<http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/
stories/2008/02/21/google.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101>
OR
The entire article can be read at the above URL.
Sincerely,
Sue Fraser
xcschild@yahoo.com
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