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Google Health's demise spells trouble for 'untethered' PHRs
Google's decision to pull the plug on its Google Health platform, effective Jan. 1, 2012, is not unexpected. As John Moore of Chilmark Research points out, there have been numerous warning signs
Google Health to shut down at year's end
How far has Google Health really fallen? To answer our own question from just over a month ago, off the map entirely. The platform, which already was under heavy scrutiny, will shut down due to a
FDA clears mobile blood pressure monitoring device
French start-up Withings, known for creating connected devices, recently was given 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its iOS-powered blood pressure monitor . The
Google Health isn't dead, but it may as well be until EMR adoption picks up
I have a love-hate relationship with Google. Google is my go-to site for Internet search. And like many others, I've been known to waste time on YouTube. I'm a regular user of Gmail, Google News,
Google denies report that it's giving up on Google Health PHR
Google is denying a report by an industry analyst that it is giving up on its much-hyped but little-used Google Health PHR. "The project is alive and well from a staffing perspective," an unnamed
Don't forget the 'meaningful' and 'use' parts of 'meaningful use'
Monday in FierceHealthIT, I discussed how Denni McColm, CIO of Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Mo., has concerns about quality reporting in the federal EMR subsidy program, even though the
Lack of EMR data means continued consumer PHR apathy
We've been more critical than most when it comes to breathless hype surrounding personal health records, particularly the types of PHR that don't come directly from a provider organization. But the
Bosworth sheds some light on a grand experiment
By now you know my feeling about untethered personal health records. It's not so much that I don't like PHRs, it's that I don't like the hype surrounding them. Untethered records--not tied to a
Consumers won't trust government, vendors with health data
Finally, someone is talking about a different kind of healthcare reform than the debate that's raged for the better part of a year over expanding insurance coverage. And this part promises to be even
Here's yet another reason to be skeptical about PHRs
Regular readers know about my skepticism toward personal health records. You're probably also aware that I have been critical of media coverage touting Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault as the
