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.
By Jordan Glogau
Google