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I can see the need, but I'd rather google wasn't the one filling it. One company doesn't need to know as much about me as google would..
by TrevorJ 18y ago
I can see the need, but I'd rather google wasn't the one filling it. One company doesn't need to know as much about me as google would..
- jgilliam 18y agoAt this point, I could care less if it was all owned by Microsoft or even Dick Cheney, someone's just gotta fix this problem. Jim Clark failed to fix it with Healtheon. Steve Case blew it with Revolution Health, and everyone else who has ever tried to fix this problem has gotten nowhere.
- jedc 18y agoGoogle at least seems committed to open standards, which is much better than virtually any other solution. And it theoretically means it should be fairly straightforward to move your data in the future should you wish...
- nick5768 18y agoExactly. For my use case (I'm a diabetic who has moved several times in the past 5 years, which means lots of different doctors) the value I gain by having access to all my records is worth the unease at having Google know SO much about me. I feel out of all the different companies trying to get into this space, I am most comfortable with Google to be the one holding my data.