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acquisitions
Steve Case's troubled Revolution Health talks merger with rival
At last, an end is in sight for Steve Case's misadventure in the healthcare industry. Revolution Health, his health-information website, is in merger talks with Everyday Health, a better-run, New York-based rival with more Web traffic. The combination would have more traffic than WebMD. Three's a trend, isn't it? If the deal goes through, this will be the third time Case has dumped a company he mismanaged on someone else's shareholders. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by macbeach: Let's not forget AOL did REALLY well for a while. Also at the time of the TW Merger it was... 1 Responses | Other threads
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labor
National economy offers more disincentives to breed
This year, healthcare costs are set to rise nearly six percent, again, and guess who will pay the expense? Employees, not employers. You will be allowed to choose between paying more to insurance companies for the same deductible or the same amount but with a higher potential emergency outlay. [AP] (Photo by Vick the Viking)
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By Jackson WestComment by Shadowlayer: This has nothing to do with breeding: europeans have all the health benefits you can ask for, yet their birth... more » | Other threads
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your privacy is an illusion
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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google
Google sets date for tilting at healthcare windmill
Google's Marissa Mayer told the Web 2.0 Summit audience in San Francisco that the company's Google Health initiative will launch in early 2008. She said she's been in daily 90-minute meetings with developers on the project since she took over for the now-departed (and rumored to be Facebook-bound) Adam Bosworth in August. Mayer said parts of the Health system will be free, but expect subscription-based services and applications, too. We remain skeptical. Google hasn't bothered to hire a full-time replacement for Bosworth, whose assignment to healthcare was likely a hint to head for the door in the first place. Mayer's smart to only spend 90 minutes a day on the project, since a full-time health gig is deadly for anyone in tech. (Photo by AP)
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Comment by meowmeow: No wonder it'll take until 2008 -- the developers lose 1.5hrs/day in useless meetings. more » | Other threads
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your privacy is an illusion
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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mythbusting
Why Microsoft and Google's health plans are sick
Microsoft and Google are getting into the healthcare business, according to Steve Lohr, the New York Times' most reliable transcriptionist of big tech companies' plans. Both tech giants want to put patients' health records online and help them search for medical information on the Web. But Lohr entirely misses the point. Tech and healthcare have a long, parlous history, intertwined with the industry's laborious regulations. If change in the industry comes about, it's going to emerge from hospital halls and the lobbies of Congress, not from Silicon Valley. So why are Microsoft and Google putting some of their biggest brains on the project? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by rbsavage3: If you think Google and Microsoft are arrogant in their business practices, you haven't seen the heavy weights of healthcare... more » | Other threads
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