Called Google Health, the service lets users link information from a handful of pharmacies and care providers, including Quest Diagnostics labs. Google plans to add more.
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Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, said services like Google Health are troublesome because they aren't covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA.
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Mayer [the Google executive overseeing the service] said, however, that users medical records "are generally speaking as safe with Google as [1]they would be with a HIPAA-regulated entity."
As I've said in the business many times, I'm ahead of the curve but not on the bleeding edge. Using Google Health will be one more technology step I will avoid for sometime. Do you feel Google Health [2] is safe enough to use?