Most of us use google for our medical search, what is wrong in it? But my point here is google is more a computer than a medical one. We all appreciate google search and would definitely continue using it provided it can give fewer and more meaningful results. I will describe my problem with an example but before that I want to talk a bit on how much google is interested in health field and how good computer scientists in general are. Google Health was started with right intention of storing PHR online but had a premature sad demise.
Many a scholarly articles are written on its autopsy report. One such is in HIMSS which says that not everything can be googlized. But most pertinent would be by its creator, while talking to TechCrunch he says ‘it is not social’ in storing health records. He adds, there is no fun in storing health records while patients want encouragement and even pressure…
