Dr. Google

Garret Cunningham | 4:40 pm | February 21, 2008 | Google, News

I’ve been tracking this story for a while now and it seems to be movng closer and closer to the surface.

It all revolves around Google’s (unreleased) health Service, www.Google.co.uk/health.

The service will basically allow anyone to upload all of their medical records, creating a worldwide central database of everyones medical history.

This obviously has its advantages, such as not needing to fill in endless medical questionaires everytime you visit a new docotr or hospital, and especially if you are involved in an accident and can’t answer questions yourself doctors can use the resource to find your details.

The latest rumour is that the service is due to go live in Beta testing in the next day or two, with the cooperation of the Cleveland Clininc as the first hospital to upload medical records, presumably after he service has proven itself and gotten over any bugs and shown not to hold any privacy or security risks, it will be made available to everyone.

We will keep you posted if we hear anymore on the subject, or if you have any feedback let us know.