Google Health?

When someone says the words 'Google Health', people might immediately think things like website security, or maybe antivirus software. Google is definitely making more software these days.

But this isn't the case. According to an article I read on PC World's website, Google's Health service is now in a live Beta (test) stage. This is similar to Microsoft's Health Vault program, which I think failed. At the time, not enough people trusted the Internet, I think.

Essentially, you sumbit some information about yourself to Google, tell them things like your allergies and medications, and then they also can import health records from your doctors, hospitals, pharmacies... Walgreens even signed on with this.
Basically, it's a way for you to keep track of all of your health records all in one place, instead of letting everyone else do it for you. Plus, with all of your health information and records in one place, should you go to a hospital and the surgeon there needs some information about you, they can find literally everything they need.

It sounds good to me, and that's not just me plugging Google since I use some of their services. Granted, I'd wait until after it's out of Beta, and I'd definitely advise reading the fine print, but this is something I might suggest using.

I'll be keeping an eye on this as things develop. Assuming they get past the possible privacy issues, and if enough other companies sign on, I might use the service myself, and suggest it to people I know.