The troubles with Google’s vision of health IT

Graham points out a fundamental flaw:

It’s the classic issue with human nature””we’re much more likely to invest in things that provide relief or help for the present, but we’re not as good with short-term pain, long-term gain. (Often we have enough trouble just getting patients to take their meds, let alone maintain some sort of “health URL.”)

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