Google Health has arrived — except maybe not

Google Health has arrived — except maybe not

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google will announce its long-awaited online health service featuring “personal health records” today. A closer reading of that story, however — bolstered by a timely CNET piece — suggests that Google will simply preview its service at a healthcare-IT trade show… Continue Reading

Google Health is here — or is it?

Google Health is here — or is it?

(UPDATED: See below.)

Well, the WSJ says so in this somewhat breathless report that states Google will announce its long-awaited personal health-record service today.

My first thought was that the announcement was timed to get Google on the record in advance of the Health2.0 “Spring Fling” conference… Continue Reading

Google Health and its Cleveland testbed

Google Health and its Cleveland testbed

The impending — or so it’s seemed — launch of Google Health has spurred any number of comparisons, invidious and otherwise, to Microsoft’s flashier but ultimately disappointing launch of HealthVault last October.

Now that Google has finally announced its first big health project with the Cleveland… Continue Reading

Google Health’s Cleveland pilot program — and the nagging questions it doesn’t come close to answering

Google Health’s Cleveland pilot program — and the nagging questions it doesn’t come close to answering

So Google Health has finally made its first formal announcement — not a splashy rollout along the lines of Microsoft’s HealthVault (see our coverage), but a limited — and closed to the public — testbed launched in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic.

Here’s what we know… Continue Reading

Google Health launching soon?

Google Health launching soon?

Trust the reliable folks over at Google Blogoscoped to unearth a login page for the long-awaited Google Health service before it actually launches. Neither the login nor any of the links on the page seem to work, but it’s another tantalizing glimpse at what Google… Continue Reading

The return of Adam Bosworth

The return of Adam Bosworth

The former head of Google’s health initiative, who resigned abruptly while on vacation last month, has finally resurfaced, according to his blog. It’s not exactly the first sighting of Bosworth since his departure from Google — I was told he turned up briefly at the… Continue Reading

Review of a preview: Google Health

Review of a preview: Google Health

(UPDATED: See below.)

No sooner does the NYT run a significant piece on health-info efforts at Google and Microsoft than someone decides to leak the “preview” of the site to Google Blogoscoped. (Site author Philipp Lenssen confirms that it wasn’t an authorized disclosure.)

Based on the ten screenshots… Continue Reading

Google Health coming, lets you manage your records online

Google Health coming, lets you manage your records online

updated

Google has previewed a prototype of Google Health, a consumer-oriented health service dedicated to helping people track their health information online. (See Google Blogoscoped for screenshots, and useful descriptions of the service.)

This is a big deal.

Online health is emerging to become one of the internet’s… Continue Reading