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Google Doesn’t Belong In The Health Records Business - Here’s A Better Idea

Sorry, Eric (Schmidt, CEO of Google).
Google doesn’t belong in the health records business.
For those of you who don’t follow Google’s business on a daily basis, here is a brief rundown of what has happened.
Last year, Microsoft announced a new service called Health Vault to help individuals manage health records online. This is not a [...]

Will An “Elder Monitor” Keep Mom At Home Longer?

In an open letter to our Presidential Candidates in a recent issue of Fortune Magazine, Andy Grove, former Chairman of Intel, proposes that Medicare can help seniors stay in their homes longer by specifying and paying for monitoring devices for them. The devices would alert a human to help a senior when medication has been missed, for example.
Ignoring [...]