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Health Care Technology on the Rise

Author Healthcare Career Blogger | 11.17.2009

Google Health was first launched in May 2008, and it has been slowly gaining popularity over the past year and a half. The concept behind Google Health is that it allows patients to take control of their own medical information. The website has partnered with pharmacies, insurance companies, and health care providers to offer patients a way to keep all of their medical records in one convenient, accessible location

Blue Cross Blue Shield patients, for example, can have their medical records downloaded to Google Health directly from their insurance company. Patients whose medical providers have not yet partnered with Google Health can enter their medical records by hand or scan in any paper copies they may have, but as more providers become Google Health partners, this process will become even easier.

Hospitals and physicians have begun working with Google Health to give their patients a more complete view of their care. Patients of participating hospitals and clinics can access test results, make appointments online, and email their physicians from their Google Health account. Physicians can keep in closer contact with patients, and patients are empowered with knowledge about their medical situations. Gynecologist Stephanie Taylor, MD, has over 60% of her patients on Google Health and claims that the website enhances the doctor-patient relationship as it allows for easier communication on both sides.

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