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Google Blogoscoped har scoopet om Google Health (nämnt här tidigare), med skärmdumpar och allt. Skärmdumparna visar ett rudimentärt system för att samla patientinformation (om sig själv) och hitta relevant information om medicin och hälsa. Man ser fröet till något slags patientjournalsystem som man själv kan hantera.

New York Times skriver om både Googles och Microsofts satsningar på konsument/patient-relaterade produkter:

The Google and Microsoft initiatives would give much more control to individuals, a trend many health experts see as inevitable. “Patients will ultimately be the stewards of their own information,” said John D. Halamka, a doctor and the chief information officer of the Harvard Medical School.

Already the Web is allowing people to take a more activist approach to health. According to the Harris survey, 58 percent of people who look online for health information discussed what they found with their doctors in the last year. (...)

Microsoft and Google are hoping this will lead people to seek more control over their own health records, using tools the companies will provide. Neither company will discuss their plans in detail. But Microsoft’s consumer-oriented effort is scheduled to be announced this fall, while Google’s has been delayed and will probably not be introduced until next year, according to people who have been briefed on the companies’ plans.