February 21, 2008
Cleveland Clinic Collaborates with Google for Health Records Management
The world renowned Cleveland Clinic Health System announced Wednesday that are teaming up with Google to test out a new online medical record service, which would allow patients to control who can see their health information. The goal of this trial is to hopefully lead to the creation of a national system for sharing electronic medical records.
As the Cleveland Clinic is in my hometown, and I have been a patient there, this is of particular interest to me. While I have reservations about the availability of medical records online, and the potential hazards, I would be interested in being amongst the trial group of 1,500 to 10,000 Cleveland Clinic patients who get to check out this new system in action, if only to satisfy my curiosity. In total, Cleveland Clinic has around 100,000 patients who use their facilities, so only a small portion will be offered the chance to have a look at it. (more…)
