http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/07/06/health-records/ Where media and technology meet Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/07/06/health-records/comment-page-1/#comment-360884 PHR Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:04:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=17796#comment-360884 Google's product is its personal health record software called Google Health. If you look at electronic health records initiative, it is massive. But the personal health records are only a small piece of it. So, I am not convinced how can Google be the big beneficiary. Moreover, there are already about 50 or so personal health record systems out there such as Microsoft Healthvault etc. Customers can choose any of those products and the govt. cannot control. That means Google can only get a tiny bit if this initiative is ever implemented. Google’s product is its personal health record software called Google Health. If you look at electronic health records initiative, it is massive. But the personal health records are only a small piece of it. So, I am not convinced how can Google be the big beneficiary. Moreover, there are already about 50 or so personal health record systems out there such as Microsoft Healthvault etc. Customers can choose any of those products and the govt. cannot control. That means Google can only get a tiny bit if this initiative is ever implemented.

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