Jun 21 2008
Google Health - Part 3
I heard from Google regarding the Aspirin vs. Plavix issue. If you put in the full dose aspirin then the warning does show up. As I said on the Google forum this is incorrect but I am not going to split hairs here this is not medical advise.
On to the next step, as it were. I went to my pharmacy, which in my case is Target. I decided to ask my pharmacist to get help to get my data into my Google Health record.
I just love what happened. My pharmacist is a very careful person. When I pickup medication for other members of my family she will often not discuss the other person’s health issues with me, this is as it should be. I love picking up my daughter’s birth control medication, its like talking to a monk who’s taken a vow of silence.
I explained to the pharmacist that about Google Health and how I want to get Target’s cooperation in importing the prescription data into the PHR. The reaction from the pharmacist was and I quote “Isn’t this against HIPAA regulations?” I had to laugh, she knows that I am in the health care field and I explained that it was not. She managed to get me the name of the manager further up the food chain in the pharmacy division.
So I make the calls and basically they had no interest in doing this. Their first problem is that they don’t control the data, its a third party ISP. They were willing to get me the name of the company but I don’t think I’ll have much luck as a single consumer.
I am going to switch gears and see if I can talk to my doctors and/or hospitals and see if I have any better luck.
They cannot “push” the data. You have to direct google health to “pull” the data either from your keyboard (you enter it) or from the database of PHR.
Google health currently provides this service for several professional data bases (but not all that’s for sure) and they are forming a relationship with BCBC of MA.
- Rick
Rick0:
You need the data to pull. I my case Target isn’t interested in partnering with Google.
Or have I missed you point?
Jordan
There will be a lot of cases where a care provider isn’t integrated with Google Health. There are third parties, however, that can obtain your pharmacy and medical records for you and help you pull the information from your record to place on your Google Health profile. One such party is MediConnect Global. They are listed in the “Explore Online Health Services” section of the Google Health Web site.
MediConnect is a HIPAA compliant company that retrieves and digitizes records from any healthcare provider or pharmacy, and can also help interpret many of the codes and information on medical records for consumers to use with their Google Health profile.
Cor
I my case Target isn’t interested in partnering with Google.
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