Google Health Enables Data Downloads

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You can integrate Google Health into your profile by following post at http://www.vsasp.net/apis/google/health/google-health-integration/

Tajammal Ali 1:27AM April 07, 2010

This transforms the doctor psychiatrist office into a dossier gathering source for the operatives of the State Police. Permanent tracking and proclivity profiling now by medical "records" rather than have to tattoo everyones arm.
Let your hair down and tell your helping professional all, he is just there to help you.
Arden Gifford, MD
ardengifford@comcast.net

Arden Gifford MD of TX 3:02AM May 23, 2008

From Google Health's privacy policy:
"We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures."
In other words, they can give your information to anyone they want. They're not bound by HIPPA. They don't have to have your consent to give your information to "trusted businesses or persons."

Richard of CA 12:45AM May 23, 2008

As you point out, individuals can enter their own information on their Google Health profiles if their provider or insurer are not currently available on the platform. To do so, you need to first retrieve your personal medical records. You and everyone else who don't have their doctor or health provider yet as an integrated service on Google Health can use MediConnect Global--an integrated service on Google Health that can retrieve your medical records from any provider in the world and automatically gleans the information from your records to use on your profile. It's all done in a secure HIPAA compliant system. You can access MediConnect Global in the list under "Explore online health services" in Google Health. www.mediconnect.net

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Rembrandt of AK 6:04PM May 21, 2008