Google Health Accused of Inaccuracy in Electronic Medical Records

Google Health Accused of Inaccuracy in Electronic Medical Records

Google Health, Google’s health care IT solution, has been taken to task by physicians who say the billing information it uses for some patients’ electronic medical records can give an inaccurate picture of their health conditions. Since rolling out in Feb. 2008, Google Health has been positioned as competition for Microsoft’s health care IT offerings, as well as sites such as WebMD.
Google is encountering protests from users who say the information its Google Health beta Website presents has the potential to be inaccurate when it comes to electronic medical records.
Much of the online traffic over the issue has stemmed from one particular case, that of kidney cancer survivor Dave deBronkart, who transferred his medical records from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Google Health, only to find that the latter had taken information from his billing records to incorrectly state that he had chronic lung disease and other conditions.
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