A search on Google(GOOG Quote) for personal health records (PHRs) or electronic health records (EHRs) results in excess of 13 million hits, showing just how important the issue of medical records is to the e-generation.
Lack of familiarity, privacy and security concerns and lack of connectivity to medical professionals are some of the reasons people weren't using the programs, but now, they're starting to take hold, and have the potential to save lives.
Two products are likely to change the landscape. Last October, Microsoft (MSFT Quote) launched HealthVault. Last week, Google launched its competing offering, Google Health.
The products have differing approaches. Microsoft's HealthVault allows users to access multiple suppliers of health databases that people can then customize to fit their needs and create their own unique PHRs, while Google Health has taken ownership of the entire process to create a familial look to its PHR offering. ...
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