Posts Tagged ‘Google’
One Step Closer to Google Health Announcement
February 1, 2008
In a posting on the HIMSS website promoting Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Keynote presentation at the annual conference at the end of February, it notes that he will speak on “how these technological innovations can be applied to Google’s new venture in the healthcare IT market.” A Google spokesperson stated, “there is no better place to apply this mission than to health.” This will be a first-time presence for Google in a meaningful way at the national conference of 20,000+ Health IT folk other than a small presence for their search appliance in the past.
Also on the bill is Steve Case on Revolution Health. It looks like Web 2.0′s time has come to this platform after minor roles for “Meet the Bloggers” in previous years.
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More News on Google Health
January 25, 2008
According to Googling Google, there is now a login screen for Google Health, unfortunately, it is not working yet. Potential features sound useful:
- health profiles
- download medical records
- personalized health search and news (already available to some extent)
- find doctors
- share info with family members.
No launch date yet but Eric Schmitt is speaking at HIMSS at the end of February – an opportunity for an announcement?
Share this:Google to Announce Google Health Next Year
October 19, 2007
In Information Week, there is a report of an announcement from Google (Marissa Mayer) at a Web 2.0 conference that Google will announce its offering early next year.
“Google has developed a prototype online platform for its health offering that incorporates personal medical records, health care-related search features, diet and exercise regimens, a localized ‘find a doctor’ application, and other elements.”
And, “While the focus will be on improving health care and making records more accessible and portable for patients, Google will also improve life for physicians.”
As the article notes, Microsoft appears to have been first to market with a health product but it will be a fair comparison to be made once Google Health is finally launched.
Share this:Adam Bosworth Leaving Google?
September 12, 2007
According to Blogoscoped. No reason yet and how will this affect Google Health which he has led up to this point?
Share this:Adam Bosworth on the Comeback of AJAX
February 3, 2007
As reported by eWeek, Adam Bosworth spoke in New York City on “Why AJAX Failed (Then Succeeded).” It is an interesting tale of how the physics was not ready when AJAX was first developed while now it is revolutionizing programming, particularly on the web. Although the article does not mention the term, it is a form of convergence of Internet speed (e.g. DSL in many homes), reintroduction of a programming tool abandoned for several years, and novel uses of the tool in Web 2.0 websites such as Google Maps.
Is the point of this that no technology should be abandoned forever but its introduction may be a matter of timing.
Share this:Palo Alto Medical Foundation blog
January 17, 2007
PAMF is a medical institution in bordered by Stanford University and Silicon Valley so it is no surprise that they are on the cutting edge of Web 2.0. The institution’s blog includes postings about once a week with a combination of health information (How often should I visit my doctor?) and institution news. It uses Google’s blogger and has a link to their Google Coop subscription page. There are also links to PAMF podcasts and Urgent Care wait time, the most interesting use of a blog for health care. I have two friends who work there, Enoch Choi, a physician in Urgent Care and Haya R. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Research Institute and formerly of Cleveland, Ohio.
Share this:Diagnosis Google Style
November 27, 2006
Lots of buzz on the British Medical Journal article on Googling for a diagnosis–use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study. The study showed “Google searches revealed the correct diagnosis in 15 (58%).
The comments on the BMJ website related to this article are equally interesting: “Pubmedding is better than googling” and Google Medicine – proceed with caution and this quote: “Google’s accuracy of 58%, reported by Tang and Ng, is less than that achieved by older generation rules based Diagnosis Decision Support System [3] and will not engender widespread adoption.” In fact, would you be confident of this kind of percentage.
Perhaps a more realistic test would be to give two physican panels test cases and two different tools sets – a decision support tool like Micromedix and the other just Google and see how accurate they become.
At any rate, the article provokes more discussion and research.
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