Thursday, March 20, 2008

Google Health – What’s Different?

Hard on the heels of the announcement of Microsoft Vault we have the following announcement at the HIMSS conference. Google CEO unveils Google Health 28 Feb 2008 The veil came off the world's worst-kept secret in healthcare IT Thursday, as Google chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt announced the beta release of Google Health at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Orlando, Florida. For now, the product is limited to the US market, though Alfred Spector, Google vice president of research and special initiatives said the California-based company has "started making contacts" with health authorities and potential business partners in unspecified international markets. Google are not commenting publicly on potential business partners, but Schmidt addressed the issue in a press conference following his keynote address to the HIMSS conference. "One of my regrets is we're launching a US-only product, and the decision is a legal...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.