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Google Health may prove dangerous to your privacy
A group of Googlers, including ubiquitous trend-upsetter SVP Marissa Mayer, did their song and dance for the press at a "factory tour" on the Google campus in Mountain View today. The big news? The official launch of Google Health, which offers features like a doctor finder and the ability to upload and track your medical records. Already, the privacy concerns are mounting. More »
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By Jackson WestComment by 970slashx: Wow! Exactly the same business model as 100 other similar businesses, except with less privacy. Here's one place... more » | Other threads
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Eric Schmidt impersonates Mike Long at healthcare conference
Google's onto its new thing, Google Health, and CEO Eric Schmidt is off on the road to promote the product. Stiffly. Too bad he's above taking lessons from the recent past. Back in the 1990s, Silicon Graphics and Netscape founder Jim Clark planned to put his third company, Healtheon, at the center of the health care industry. Didn't happen. But if investors ever believed it would, it's because Healtheon CEO Mike Long sold them during talks across the globe. In the book The New New Thing, author Michael Lewis called it Long's "road show." If anything will doom Google Health, it's that Schmidt lacks Long's flare for salesmanship. Here's a clip from his stop at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference in Orlando. -
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Genetics research + online health profiles = burgers
With the launch of Google's health data service, we're going to set aside our skepticism for a moment and think about what this could potentially mean for society. Nah, screw society — for me personally. Google cofounder Sergey Brin invested in his wife's genetics research startup. 23andMe takes cheek swabs from customers and spits out their genetic history. Board member Esther Dyson writes:a second goal of 23andMe [is] to collect a large database of genetic information and then come back to you over time with invitations to provide specific health data and participate in research.
Combining these data sets — health histories and extensive genetics information — could lead to significant breakthroughs in predicting future health issues. I think this means I can eat all the Yahoo burgers I want without worrying!
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Comment by doshomik: + [www.bloomberg.com] "Google has financially backed a project from a Harvard University scientist to unlock the secrets of common diseases by... more » | Other threads
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Google Health trials finally launching
If you were worried about your privacy when Google read your Gmail to show relevant ads, you're really going to hate Google Health. The pilot program for Google Health will store the health records of 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic, a not-for-profit medical center. Each profile will include information about prescriptions, allergies and medical histories and will be accessed with a Google Account — the same login used for all of Google's services, including Gmail. There's no word on when the project will open to a wider audience, but Marissa Mayer — who replaced previous Google Health head Adam Bosworth — says the project will launch in 2008. More »
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Comment by Wally West: I meant to preface that with why they won't take off just yet. I think they do have their uses,... more » | Other threads
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What the Google Health login looks like ... OMFG!
We know. You've hardly able to keep your pants on. Introducing ... the Google Health login page! More » -
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Google Health claims its first victim
Just as we predicted, the Google Health project has killed off one top exec. And in record time, too! Head of the project Adam Bosworth has decided to move on from the company once he gets back from vacation. Now in charge? One Marissa Mayer, long the object of Valleywag's fascination. While the powers that be will try to spin this as a promotion, we think that Marissa might want to dust off the old resume. Becoming the head of health is the tech equivalent of being named the drummer for Spinal Tap. After the jump, the email explaining the management change sent to all Google Health beta testers. More »
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Comment by WellnessAid: Thank you for your post. On some other blog I've read that Google also plans to move into human-powered health... more » | Other threads
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A glimpse inside Google Health
Google Blogoscoped has posted tipster-supplied screenshots of a prototype of Google's upcoming health-information service. Presumably, these are screens from the demo reportedly being shopped around to health professionals and other advisors. While the amount of data Google Health plans to store is impressive, and potentially helpful, it's terrifying to contemplate the prospect of one company controlling all of your personal data — from communications and business documents to medical records. If we're lucky, Googler Adam Bosworth's make-work project will never get off the ground.
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Comment by ScalaWag: What would get them nailed is not HIPAA but medical liability. Google is just such a juicy target for litigation,... more » | Other threads
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