Posts Tagged with ‘Google-Health’

With the “official” announcement of Google Health, which was hinted at back in January, Google is highlighting an ongoing trend of putting absolutely everything online. But what does it really mean for patients?
While it doesn't seem to have gotten the insane amount of press that Google has, Microsoft was actually first out of the gate, announcing HealthVault back in October of last year. With buy-in from corporate partners, HealthVault can link up your data with services from these partners. Your [...]

I've been following the barrage of news regarding Data Portability with a mix of excitement and trepidation. I've been a proponent of OpenID, and regularly use services like PassPack to keep track of the ridiculous number of log-ins I seem to have accumulated. At the same time, I worry about what data is essentially mine, and what doesn't rightfully belong to me. I'm still not convinced that Robert Scoble owned the contact information for his 5000 “friends” on Facebook, [...]