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Google to Offer Online Personal Health Records

Posted by samzenpus on from the google-your-liver-profile dept.

hhavensteincw writes "Less than two weeks after Microsoft announced plans to offer personal health records, Google announced today that it plans to offer online personal health records to help patients tote and store their own x-rays and other health data. Google made the announcement Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco."

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  1. Re:Translation by me+at+werk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Make it an extension to google desktop and add an RFID scanner to this guy and by golly you've got a money tree on your hands.

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  2. Re:Google's business is targeted ads by nospam007 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    And honestly, I don't mind targeted ads - if done right I might actually be interested! Compare those to cable TV ads...

    The issue is when that data is retained after processing and potentially lost/given/used inappropriately.
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