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Google Reveals Plans for Health Database
Google Reveals Plans for Health Database
By Richard Waters in London
Published: February 29 2008 02:00 |
Last updated: February 29 2008 02:00
Financial Times (FT)
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3131b8a-e668-11dc-8398-0000779fd2ac.html>
Google yesterday laid out plans for one of its most anticipated new
services, a digital health records system meant to give users more control
over their personal healthcare.
The plans would put Google's database of health records at the heart of a
broader health information system that draws in health insurers, doctors
and others, potentially giving the internet company a central role as the
health industry moves towards greater use of information technology.
The initiative also opens a new front in Google's spreading confrontation
with Microsoft. The software company launched its own personal health
records system, known as HealthVault, late last year.
Eric Schmidt, chief executive, outlined the Google Health plans at a
conference in Florida yesterday. The system will be based on personal
health records that patients authorise their health insurers, doctors and
others to move into Google's database.
Other companies will then be able to write software applications that make
use of these data, for instance creating services that help patients
manage their medications or warn parents when their children need
inoculations.
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