Google Health

One of the loudest complaints about our health care system is the lack of electronic coordination between doctors. Each specialist you go to, each hospital visit you have, each doctor you have an appointment with -- there are forms. Lots of forms. Usually they ask for the same information you put on a previous form at a previous doctor's office.

We live in an age of technology so it seems it should be easier for a doctor to access your medical history. Well, Google has taken the steps to produce such a system.

Earlier in the year Google unveiled Google Health. According to Google, "Google Health aims to solve an urgent need that dovetails our overall mission of organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful. Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to college, store, and manage their own medical records online."

With Google Health, you can track your medical history, research your conditions, import your medical records, see how your medications might interact, and search for doctors and hospitals.

To create such a system, Google put together a Health Advisory Council made up of medical doctors, health specialists, and policy experts.

Google Health is a free service and its major criticism is over privacy, since Google Health is not considered a covered entity under HIPA.