DMGMA Blog » Electronic Medical Records http://blog.dmgma.com Delaware Medical Group Management Blog Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:31:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 DIY Electronic Medical Records from Google http://blog.dmgma.com/diy-electronic-medical-records-from-google/ http://blog.dmgma.com/diy-electronic-medical-records-from-google/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:50:00 +0000 Rick Creveling http://blog.dmgma.com/?p=35 While medical practices struggle with the pros and cons of converting to electronic medical records (a topic we’ll discuss here soon) the folks at Google have taken a bold step with in delivering a solution for patients. Google Health was rolled out quietly this year as a way for consumers to maintain their own medical records online. The service is free and only requires an individual to register and setup a Google account. Here’s a link to Google’s tour of the service: http://www.google.com/intl/en-US/health/tour/index.html .

Select hospitals and chain pharmacies will provide uploads of records and patients can research info on their conditions and physicians. There are a few other tools to track medications and users control the exchange of information with healthcare providers.

On some levels this may seem a bit shocking. Putting your own medical records on the internet seems a little risky at first. However, considering that Google is not just any internet company, one would think that the developers did their homework before rolling this out. Obviously, if you choose to use the service, you’ll need a password more robust than your pet’s name. That being said, I know attorneys who have been uploading very sensitive legal docs to GoogleDocs for a few years.

Is this something that will gain wide acceptance? Will this create a whole new class of medically-aware patients? Who knows?

Please post your thoughts….

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