CHAPTER 32 Organizing Patient Records with Google Health

IN THIS CHAPTER

At its heart, Google’s search index is nothing more than a giant database. Well, if Google can create a database of web pages, why not databases of other types of information?

This leads us to Google Health, a giant database of personal health records. Google Health is meant to be a technological solution to the problem of a healthcare system that still keeps its massive number of patient records using 1970s-era technology. Instead of using physical filing cabinets, Google Health provides a cloud-based ...

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