Google Health is very promising new service that could be a great benefit to all patients and doctors. It is still developing, but worth taking a look.
"Google Health allows you to store and manage all of your health information in one central place. And it's completely free. All you need to get started is a Google username and password.
Google believes that you own your medical records and should have easy access to them. The way we see it, it's your information; why shouldn't you control it?"
This service went live at the beginning of summer 2008, after years of beta testing. It is still being developed as doctors slowly buy into the idea. I am using it to a limited extent, and may use it more as new providers become available.
It is worth considering, because whether it be this solution or some other technology, centralized online medical records that are under the patients control is an idea whose time has come. More than come... As vasculitis patients and caregivers, we should be demanding it loudly.
For more information, check out: http://www.google.com/intl/en/health/about/
"Google Health allows you to store and manage all of your health information in one central place. And it's completely free. All you need to get started is a Google username and password.
Google believes that you own your medical records and should have easy access to them. The way we see it, it's your information; why shouldn't you control it?"
This service went live at the beginning of summer 2008, after years of beta testing. It is still being developed as doctors slowly buy into the idea. I am using it to a limited extent, and may use it more as new providers become available.
It is worth considering, because whether it be this solution or some other technology, centralized online medical records that are under the patients control is an idea whose time has come. More than come... As vasculitis patients and caregivers, we should be demanding it loudly.
For more information, check out: http://www.google.com/intl/en/health/about/
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