Comments on: Will Google Health stick? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html/comment-page-1#comment-85767 Anonymous Sat, 24 May 2008 00:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html#comment-85767 I am responsible for protecting my patients confidences. How could I possibly turn their records over to a company where I don't control access to them? That would be an insanely irresponsible breach of trust!<br/><br/>Can anyone imagine "Googlelegal" for attorneys to keep their clients files! I am responsible for protecting my patients confidences. How could I possibly turn their records over to a company where I don’t control access to them? That would be an insanely irresponsible breach of trust!

Can anyone imagine “Googlelegal” for attorneys to keep their clients files!

]]> By: Nate http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html/comment-page-1#comment-85745 Nate Fri, 23 May 2008 00:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html#comment-85745 I think the FedGov dropped the ball by not starting this years ago. If they are attempt it going forward, they should require that doctors and hospitals use it for newborns, so the exponential transition costs are mitigated. <br/><br/>In the meantime, the system is broken and the costs to fix it, unfortunately, are unfeasible. I think the FedGov dropped the ball by not starting this years ago. If they are attempt it going forward, they should require that doctors and hospitals use it for newborns, so the exponential transition costs are mitigated.

In the meantime, the system is broken and the costs to fix it, unfortunately, are unfeasible.

]]> By: RJS http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html/comment-page-1#comment-85739 RJS Thu, 22 May 2008 21:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html#comment-85739 So long as patients have write access to their records -- which means they can modify their records at will -- any physician is a fool to trust anything that has been proxied through Google Health.<br/><br/>That said, a standard format is most definitely needed. So long as patients have write access to their records — which means they can modify their records at will — any physician is a fool to trust anything that has been proxied through Google Health.

That said, a standard format is most definitely needed.

]]> By: Marcos http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html/comment-page-1#comment-85734 Marcos Thu, 22 May 2008 16:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/will-google-health-stick.html#comment-85734 We need standards. Thats the biggest part. A single standard that multiple EMRs and EHRs and PHRs and whatever other Rs there are can use, so I know that I can transport patient information to another system without a conversion. So I know that when I buy a system, if the company goes under the files will still be portable to another system. So patients know they can change a doctor and request records and have it take minutes instead of weeks. We need standards. Thats the biggest part. A single standard that multiple EMRs and EHRs and PHRs and whatever other Rs there are can use, so I know that I can transport patient information to another system without a conversion. So I know that when I buy a system, if the company goes under the files will still be portable to another system. So patients know they can change a doctor and request records and have it take minutes instead of weeks.

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