John Grohol looks at Google’s foray into the personal health record arena:

As with other Google services, the Google Scrapbook will allow individuals to organize and search their own personal health information in a manner that is secure, yet easy to use. Unlike Gmail, Google’s Web-based email service, the Google Scrapbook is likely not to have advertising integrated within it. It’s not clear how the service would enhance Google’s bottom line, other than to keep people coming back to Google time and time again to organize and keep track of their health information. Scrapbook, like all of Google’s services for consumers, will be free and there will likely be hefty data quotas (e.g., 2 GB, similar to current Gmail quotas).