The long awaited Google Health Beta has been released. Google health is designed as a one stop shop to carry all of your health records so that whenever moving to new pharmacies or health practitioners you can have everything in the same spot.
This idea is not new as Microsoft has the same service with a site called Health Vault. There are a few companies that are trying to get into this market but it is very competitive and of course everyone is nervous about putting their info into this type of site. All of your health info in one place makes a security breach very very dangerous to people?s privacy. As a tech guy I understand the need for privacy and the real issues that a lack of privacy could lead to.
So for a bit of a tour of Google Health I have a few screenshots here. First you need a Google Account which is easy enough to get and then when you go to Google Health you sign in and can start adding your information. As you can see below you have a few things you can add including prescription and health issue info.
And then finally once you have all of your info added to Google Health you can start to add new services. Google has started with the few below but of course as we have all seen we will probably see a lot more over time.