Sharing Health Records Through Google

From the Google Blog:

Do you have medical records gathering dust in a pile somewhere? As a doctor and nurse on the Google Health team, we've both had a lot of experience working directly in the healthcare system, with all the bills, insurance forms and other paper documents that come with it. We know from firsthand experience how burdensome all of these documents can be and we would like to reduce the unnecessary use of paper in patient care. As a step in that direction, Google Health recently added a feature which allows patients to upload scanned paper documents to their Google Health profile for safe storage and easy sharing.

Commentary:

So what do you think about sharing your information? It could save your life, but it could also risk exposing provate helath information. It will be interesting to see what people choose. The health care system undoubtedly needs some help getting organized, and maybe google can be just what the doctor ordered!