Don’t be surprised, you may be seeing this headline sometime in the near future.
Google announced at this years HIMSS Confernence that it is entering the patient data/medical records/health information field via its Google Health portal.
Check out the Google’s Keynote Address by Eric Schmidt from HIMSS
I wonder how they will comply with HIPAA?
What do you think?
I am a medical doctor. I see patients every day. Including the Emergency Room where I work.
During thousands years physician have follow this hippocrates oath sencente: What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
So at the moment I designed the keyose (www.keyose.com) service, I have a very clear idea: privacy must be the priority number one!
Read more here:
http://blog.keyose.com/2008/02/28/broken-privacy-is-a-real-threat-trust-me/