Google Health

Many of you may have read today's posting, Health care information matters, by Adam Bosworth, VP of Google, on the official Google blog where he speaks about the challenges of the health care system (which unfortunately are many)—especially the challenges "in supporting caregivers and communicating between different medical organizations"—he observed while caring for his recently deceased mother (our deepest sympathies go out to Adam and his family).

His focus at Google is to help alleviate these challenges. (Who better than Google, right? They are already helping doctors--- and every day readers like you and us—correctly diagnose disease through search.) Some challenges he's focusing on are:

• "People need the medical information that is out there and available to be organized and made accessible to all."
• "Patients also need to be able to better coordinate and manage their own health information. We believe that patients should control and own their own health information, and should be able to do so easily."
• "connect[ing] people with similar health interests, concerns and problems."

Best of luck to Adam and GoogleHealth team for much success. This nation with its severely challenged health care system definitely needs assistance.