Comments on: Google Health Goes Official

By: Gina Mailes

Gina Mailes — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:35:34 +0000

Wow, it was only a matter of time before Google did this... I can't believe I am only reading about it now. Gina Mailes's last blog post..How To Keep Your Kidneys Healthy - Information for Diabetics.

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:56:31 +0000

I really love this new idea of Google. Surely, many will avail for this new service. Nice Google! Diana's last blog post..Drinking Water and 5 Weight Loss Tips

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:12:59 +0000

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By: MB Web Design

MB Web Design — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:41 +0000

@SEO Guy

In the UK we’re having one data security or data loss scare after another. I’m not sure if the story you recount is correct, but that’s through my ignorance of the matter most likely. The biggest breaches do find their way to the press, but for each one that goes public I don’t doubt that there are several that are successfully kept under wraps.

I am engaged to someone in the health profession and upon presenting the concept of Google Health to her she was rather unimpressed. You see, in many doctors’ eyes, the Internet has been a thorn in their side – people type in some symptoms and are presented with many exotic sounding potential diagnoses. Dull headache? Probably a brain tumour. Sore knee? Blood clot. Loss of appetite? Stomach cancer. And so forth. I really can’t see a use for GHealth – durg interactions and the like surely shouldn’t be considered concerns for the layperson. That’s what you pay your doctors for. (Directly, if you’re in the US, or via taxes if like me you’re in the UK)

By: SEO guy

SEO guy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:15:57 +0000

Did not one of the hospitals in UK lose their datacentre to fire? They had to rely on nurses logbooks to recover all the patient information.

By: John Littleton

John Littleton — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:50:53 +0000

Healthcare is difficult enough to understand. Maybe Google should work on hashing out the intricacies, and cutting costs. Lord Knows this country is in need of healthcare reform.

By: Ian Furst

Ian Furst — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:39:20 +0000

I think Jordan is correct – they’ve missed the boat. Most people can give there medical history in 10 seconds and it isn’t critical to the diagnosis anyway. They could have helped a lot with organizing health care but i don’t think this is going to be it. [link removed]

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:07:48 +0000

@Amanda—I haven’t needed an entire day of a doctor’s time total in my life, but maybe that’s just me. I certainly don’t have time or expertise to diagnose myself or keep up with medical research either. I know I’m not alone when I say that I certainly don’t want anyone mining my medical data. I believe that’s been the biggest concern over the whole thing.

By: Mike Montague

Mike Montague — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:41:23 +0000

Now, if we can just lower health care costs, we’d be so much better off. It’s running absolutely rampid lately.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:14:16 +0000

I really don’t feel the need for this personally. I’d adopt a wait and watch approach to see how this turns out.

By: Seomotion

Seomotion — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:03:34 +0000

Google generates great Ideas. I will be using this service!

By: Steve Elliott

Steve Elliott — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:23:42 +0000

It should prove to be an extremely useful resource but I can’t help being slightly worried out the privacy issue.

Having said that, over here in the UK our Government is going through a torrid time of losing key data (well, you do when you put CD-Roms full of the stuff in the public postal system!).

As long as data is safe, then good on Google.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:17:56 +0000

Yes, this is the “ugent need” they say it is. I will use it, and I hope it takes off with the general public, because:

1) In the US, primary care physicians manage an average of 900 patients each. If they do nothing but treat patients, you get 1 day of their attention every 3 years. Doctors are humans and act like it: they make mistakes, practice with bias towards their experience, and can’t possibly keep up with the latest research in so many fields of medicine. What a great platform Google Health will be for individuals to be proactive about their health.

2) Think about the data mining possibilities. A centralized health record database will provide a platform to analyze real world health data on a macro scale, and report lots of interesting and perhaps crazy results.

By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:18:10 +0000

This is another one of Google’s great ideas. I’m excited.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:57:33 +0000

I will be using this for sure. Especially since I don’t have healthcare. Lol.

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:41:13 +0000

Great idea to have records in one central location, viewable by doctors and us, but privacy is HUGE concern needless to say.