Google Health – Learn About Heath Issues And Find Helpful Resources

15 Aug, 2009 | Written by Gagan | under Search

Google Health is a web site that allows you to store and manage all of your health information in one central place. And it’s completely free. All you need to get started is a Google username and password. This service believes that you own your medical records and should have easy access to them. The way they see it, it’s your information; why shouldn’t you control it.

With Google Health, you manage your health information, and you can access it anywhere, at any time. They believe that your health information belongs to you, and you should decide how much you share and whom you share it with. They will never sell your data. They store your information securely and privately. You are in control, you choose what you want to share and what you want to keep private.

Using this service you can easily do the following things quickly and easily:

1. Keep your doctors up-to-date.
2. Stop filling out the same paperwork every time you see a new doctor.
3. Avoid getting the same lab tests done over and over again because your doctor cannot get copies of your latest results.
4. Don’t lose your medical records because of a move, change in jobs or health insurance.
5. Share your health information securely with a family member, caregiver, or doctor.

This service provides you with many exciting features which can be of great help to you:

1. Build online health profiles: You can enter your health conditions, medications, allergies, and lab results into your Google Health profile and you can name the profile anything you want. You can even create multiple profiles for family members or others you care for.
2. Import medical records from hospitals and pharmacies: Choose from a list of Google Health partners to see if your hospital or pharmacy can send copies of your medical records or prescriptions to your Google Health profile. This way, you can save an accurate history of your medical conditions, medications, and test results all in one place.
3. Share your health records: Help better coordinate your care by sharing your health records with individuals in your care network – family members, friends and doctors.
4. Explore online health services.