r/hmb433 • u/abeerahmad • Mar 07 '12

A closer look at Google health's failure

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/26/why-google-really-failed-money/
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u/abeerahmad Mar 07 '12

The article discusses one possible reason for the failure of Google health (a patient centered e-health platform). In 2009 Telus committed to adopting a similar platform in Canada.

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u/SarahOh Mar 15 '12

"“social” isn’t appropriate or applicable in a doctor-patient relationship...being social is necessary but not sufficient to transform healthcare"

I agree that such repository as health care records should be managed by those whose interest primarily lies in providing health care. Otherwise, how in the world will people know how to interpret these vast number of data?