@30:42 in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKBzP8WbEc

Well, my prediction that Eric Schmidt would announce Google Health at the HIMSS08 conference were pretty close. From what I’ve read so far, that’s all he really talked about. I’m still waiting to see my contact that was able to atte…

Our VP of Marketing (who joined recently) introduced me to the concept of “VaporWare” - selling something that does not exist with a “spoof” demo - very interesting to see how corporate world works.

I’ve always been in consumer side and I just never thought of selling stuff that does not exist with a future launch date

Smart but annoying indeed.

- MysteryCEO

Doctors file your medical claims >onlineonline< on the server of your insurance company. Your data is secure with your health insurance company, but all use services that verify claims to reduce fraud. Your data is transmitted to these 3rd party companies wholesale and who the hell knows what happens to it all once it hits the interwebs.

To the commenter that remarked about Google’s past privacy issues; which issues would those be? Ads in Gmail? Please. Your ISP scans EVERYTHING that you do and they SELL that data to 3rd parties. Yes, even your email is scanned unless it is a secure connection. Bottom line, the world is moving online and if I have to pick a company to trust with my info it will be Google.

Let’s list what’s in “your medical record:”

Every piece of BP and weight and eyesight data that your doctor’s nurse has ever jotted down as your appointment starts.

Every scribbled observation that your doctor makes.

The print out from the blood lab and urinalysis that comes days after the office appointment.

Every EKG, X-Ray, MRI and specialized exam/test you’ve had.

Every prescrciption that’s been written for you. And a record of how you’ve abided by the instructions. And the drug interactions and allergies and side effects you’ve suffered.

…….And that’s just for a person who’s had routine preventative care with no serious hospitalization or surgery.

How in the world can a patient amass all this stuff and dutifully enter it into their Google portal?

Yet, if it’s not comprehensive, we’re back to doctors’ offices phoning doctors’ offices to exchange all this, which is how it’s done today.

I’ve seen one place where this concept works, and it’s the VA Hospital system. But that’s because every checkup, prescription, X-ray, etc. etc., is all loaded into the exact same ginormous EDS-designed governmental enterprise system from the start.

Um…the same people who put their banking information online, I’m assuming?

@ Erick Schonfeld & Co.: People, you have such a large readers base and you gotta do something with it to grow your business. I think that having a “submit news” functionality would allow TC to be on top of so many more things compared to the current situation. I understand that TC made its name by writing inside stories that few had access to, but it morphed into a combination of that with tech news stories posted by MSM.
You choose what MSM news stories to post on TC based on how relevant they are to your readers’ base and do a great job at it so that I, as a reader, would rather get them from TC than from elsewhere. Why not extend it?
The “submit news” thing would be like a combination of Digg and a blog: people submit news stories, but there is a moderation/selection process that picks only the best ones. Thus, you will save time on finding news - you will just select them - you will get them quickly after they are posted elsewhere and, most importantly, you will empower your readers. I think that would be cool!
Just an idea

How about if you are 66 years old and living on fixed income. Your maintenance medication (diabetes, blood pressure) costs you $1,200 per month through Kaiser BUT if you could directly subscribe to a FREE secured portal and receive the same medication via mail order from an accredited pharmacy for 30% less would you do it? YES!!! What if your doctor is prescribing you a branded drug instead of a generic, wouldn’t you like to know since you are paying the bill?

I agree that GOOG or MSFT doesn’t appeal to me either for storing “some” of my records. BUT, there will be a third party that will become the defacto in this space and that company and it’s investors will make billions of dollars.

Take a look at what a company like Myca is looking to roll out. We are very close to seeing some cool business models and technology platforms in healthcare that challenge the status quo.

Cool site: Health 2.0
http://www.health2con.com/

As for “whoopie’s” question about why people want this information secret, there are many obvious reasons. Most people don’t want friends, colleagues and employers nosing around in their personal medical information.

In terms of healthcare, it will be interesting if users find ads being served up adjacent to their most personal/severe ailments to be useful or merely depressing…

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Don’t fight it! It’s going to happen!!!!!

btw - HealthVault is leaps and bounds ahead of GOOG here.

The company to keep an eye on is Revolution Health (Steve Case of AOL). They have made some interesting acquisitions and have people onboard that really understand the challenges in the space.

I think one the reasons for GOOG’s delays is that they really don’t have the personal in the company to drive this forward. They would be best suited by acquiring a small niche company that can bring the expertise. Do you really think that Marissa Mayer really knows about HIPPA, cross border pharmacy, electronic scripting…………..

Youngsters are always passionate and having lots of enthusiasm ..whats wrong int that ? And more over its Google, so it’s FREE… why do we need to worry for that

Gee, healthcare is huge, lets get everyones info and sell ads against it or better yet, sell the data (what a nightmare that would be). This one will flop for sure!

We had an operational partnership with Google two years ago, and the mid-level mgmt types at the time were complaining about how slow they were in developing new products & services, not to mention keeping updated with their current stuff.

This is an interesting time for Google. Their main line of business has seen it’s first hiccup in terms of performance, and the share price has certainly taken a beating this year.

For all their great efforts to “organize the world’s information”, you can bet the market won’t be so forgiving in the future when product after service after product is delayed or fails to deliver meaningful results to the bottom line. It will be interesting to watch how well they manage this stage of the business.