Google is set to announce on Thursday that it will be using the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Cleveland, Ohio as the pilot site for its new personal health records initiative.
The hospital already keeps electronic records for over 100,000 patients in an internal system called MyChart, but when those personal health records, or PHRs, are shared with Google, patients will be able to use them outside of the Cleveland Clinic.
Included in the data will be prescription information, medical histories, and details about conditions and allergies.
Google is not the only technology company that is getting into the health care industry. AOL founder Steve Case has also launched a new company, Revolution Health, to enter the health industry; InterActiveCorp has invested in several health-related start-ups; and Microsoft has been working on a medical record service.
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