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I think the idea they were going for is that Google Health would be an EMR intended to be used by institutions except that the patient is in control of their re

I think the idea they were going for is that Google Health would be an EMR intended to be used by institutions except that the patient is in control of their record - enabling them to take their health record to any provider. The problem is that institutions have close to no reasons for investing into something like that. I think Microsoft HealthVault was more of what you describe, where it's a portal intended to be used by patients.

nradov 10y ago
No, @FLUX-YOU has it right. Google Health was only ever intended as a patient portal (PHR) and was a direct competitor to Microsoft HealthVault. Google never added any EMR features. In fact after the initial release they never added any features at all; they just lost interest in it and shut it down.