Google announced Friday it will discontinue its Google Health service, a program launched three years ago to allow users to upload and store electronic health records in a central, online repository. The service was designed to provide users with an online database where they could manage personal medical records from home, saving costs and adding efficiencies. However, it apparently didn’t generate the following Google hoped it would. The program will end on Jan 1, 2012, but users who have already downloaded medical documents by that time will have one more year.
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Google Axes Health Service Due to Feeble Response
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani June 27, 2011 10:28 AMGoogle announced Friday it will discontinue its Google Health service, a program launched three years ago to allow users to upload and store electronic health records in a central, online repository. The service was designed to provide users with an online database where they could manage personal medical records from home, saving costs and adding efficiencies. However, it apparently didn’t generate the following Google hoped it would. The program will end on Jan 1, 2012, but users who have already downloaded medical documents by that time will have one more year.