Google Unveils Its Online Health Portal

Google Health was unveiled yesterday (google.com/health), and it’s the latest entrant into the increasingly crowded online personal health records marketplace.  When the product was in beta, its 1600 closed invitations were quickly snatched up, and anticipation only increased from there.  Like other services, say WebMD, Google hopes to capitalize eventually on the trend of increasingly seeking health information online, and the potential of Internet tools to help consumers manage their own health care and medical spending.

The user is completely in control with his/her own personal record, as allows the user can send personal information, into the clinic record or to pull information from the participating clinic’s records into the individual’s Google personal file.  Also, the healthcare consumer has the ability for his/her uploaded information to provide an online health profile and seek out second opinions with the click of a mouse. | LINK