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  • May 2008
    • Who's Afraid of Google Health?

      Who's Afraid of Google Health?

      (Newser) - Google's new health record-sharing service has privacy advocates' hearts racing. But the benefits outweigh the risks, both in costs and potential lives saved, James Gibney argues in the Atlantic. Ready access to personal health records could prevent medical errors like incorrectly prescribed meds while saving billions in related  costs. More »

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      Google   health care   online privacy   opinion   information technology   Google Health   health records

    • Google Launches Online Health Records Service

      Google Launches Online Health Records Service

      (Newser) - Google has launched google.com/health, the latest in a field of online personal health services that allow consumers to send records to doctors and clinics and to schedule their care. Early tests indicate that patients are excited to use the portal—and unconcerned about putting personal information in the hands of a large tech company, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Microsoft   Google Health   health records   Cleveland Clinic

  • April 2008
    • Web Health Records Raise Privacy Fears

      Web Health Records Raise Privacy Fears

      (Newser) - Medical researchers worry that Internet giants’ ventures into personal health records could turn the system on its head, threatening individual privacy, the New York Times reports. Two experts warn that companies like Microsoft and Google, whose new services put patient information on the web, aren’t subject to standard healthcare regulations, and could be easy targets for advertisers’ probes. More »

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      Microsoft   health care   patients   health research   Google Health   health records

  • March 2008
    • Google Health Will Be Ad-Free

      Google Health Will Be Ad-Free

      (Newser) - The newest member of the Google family, Google Health, will not have advertising, CEO Eric Schmidt said this week, but will earn its keep from the traffic it draws to the company’s search engine. The new service stores health records, allowing users to share test results, prescriptions and other information with multiple medical providers; it's currently being tested at the Cleveland Clinic, and isn't open to the public yet . More »

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      Google   health care   online privacy   medical records   Google Apps   Google Health

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