Google Health Beta

Google Health puts you in charge of your health information. It's safe, secure, and free.
> Organize your health information all in one place
> Gather your medical records from doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies
> Keep your doctors up-to-date about your health
> Be more informed about important health issues

Google stores your information securely and privately. We will never sell your data. You are in control. You choose what you want to share and what you want to keep private. View our privacy policy to learn more.

Google Health 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.

Google believes that you own your medical records and should have easy access to them. The way we see it, it's your information; why shouldn't you control it?
> Keep your doctors up-to-date
> Stop filling out the same paperwork every time you see a new doctor
> Avoid getting the same lab tests done over and over again because your doctor cannot get copies of your latest results
> Don't lose your medical records because of a move, change in jobs or health insurance

With Google Health, you manage your health information — not your health insurance plan or your employer. You can access your information anywhere, at any time.

It's safe and secure

We believe that your health information belongs to you, and you should decide how much you share and whom you share it with. We will never sell your data. We store your information securely and privately. Check out our privacy policy to learn more.

You are in control — you choose what you want to share and what you want to keep private.

Features

With Google Health, you can:

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.

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.

Learn about health issues and find helpful resources
Review trusted information on diseases and conditions and learn about possible medication interactions and other topics to talk your doctors about.

Search for doctors and hospitals
You can search for a doctor's name or location, find a doctor's website, get directions to a doctor's office, and save a doctor's information to your medical contacts list.

Connect to online health services
Browse the online health services directory to find services that are integrated with Google Health that can help you better manage your health needs.

Google Health Advisory Council

We often seek expertise from outside the company, and health is no exception. To help us think about the ways we can contribute to the healthcare industry, we formed the Google Health Advisory Council. The Google Health Advisory Council is made up of healthcare experts from provider organizations, consumer and disease-based groups, physician organizations, research institutions, policy foundations, and other fields.

The mission of the Google Health Advisory Council is to help us better understand the problems consumers and providers face every day and to offer us feedback on product ideas and development.

Hear from the Google Health Advisory Council members themselves.
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2007 Google Health Advisory Council Members

Advisory Council Chairman
Dean Ornish, M.D.
Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Douglas Bell, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist, RAND Corporation, and Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, The Cleveland Clinic

Molly Coye, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Executive Officer, HealthTech

Dan Crippen
Former Congressional Budget Office Director & Reagan White House Assistant

Linda M. Dillman
Executive Vice President, Risk Management, Benefits and Sustainability, Wal-Mart

John Halamka, M.D., M.S.
Chief Information Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School and Chairman, Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)

Bernadine Healy, M.D.
Former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Editor & Columnist, U.S. News & World Report

Bernie Hengesbaugh
Chief Operating Officer, The American Medical Association (AMA)

Douglas E. Henley, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
Executive Vice President, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

David Kessler, M.D.
Former FDA Commissioner, Vice Chancellor-Medical Affairs & Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF

John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Vice President, Director of Health Care Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

John Rother
Group Executive Officer of Policy & Strategy, AARP

Anna-Lisa Silvestre
Vice President, Online Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Greg Simon, J.D.
President, FasterCures

Mark D. Smith, M.D., MBA
President & Chief Executive Officer, The California HealthCare Foundation

Paul Tang, M.D.
Internist & Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) & Chairman, Board of Directors, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

Sharon Terry, M.A.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Genetic Alliance

John Tooker, M.D., MBA, F.A.C.P.
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians (ACP)

Doug Ulman
President, Lance Armstrong Foundation

Robert M. Wachter, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco (UCSF); Associate Chairman, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief of the Medical Service, UCSF Medical Center

Matthew Zachary
Young Adult Cancer Patient Advocate, Founder & Executive Director, The I'm Too Young for This! Cancer Foundation, Inc.

Paid Advisory Council Consultants

Kirk J. Nahra, J.D.
Partner, Wiley Rien LLP

Alan F. Westin, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Public Law & Government Emeritus Columbia University, Founder, The Center for Social & Legal Research & President, Privacy & American Business

Google Health offers a single location to consolidate and store your medical records and personal health information. Saving medical information in one secure location helps you and your doctors have accurate and up-to-date information about your health when you need it the most. This in turn means that your medical treatments may be safer and more effective. You can also use Google Health to access a host of online services and tools, from a variety of third-party companies, that can help you better manage your care.

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