The North American company has made several attempts to create platforms that would allow users to access their electronic medical records.
Google launched Google Health in 2008, which initially aimed to create an online platform to access the user's medical information, however, four years later the project was canceled. Currently Google Health functions as the division of Google in charge of developing medical applications, APIs for hospital management, clinical research, etc.
Google has already begun recruiting users to solicit feedback on a new personal medical records tool they are developing. About 300 Android device users in Northern California, Atlanta and Chicago would be part of this research.
Testing the new tool
"Google is running a user feedback program to test features that give users the ability to collect health information from their provider patient portals, organize, search and share it with the people they trust in a private and secure manner", a Google spokesperson told the specialty site Healthcare IT News.
The Google spokesperson also explained that one of the objectives of the project is for users to understand and access their medical information in a simpler way so they can make better decisions and obtain better health results.
Since this is a feedback program, Google has not provided any details, however, the spokesperson explained that through this program they seek to learn how this type of information can be used for people to take control of their health.
Previous actions
At the beginning of the year, Google announced Care Studio, a series of tools for doctors to connect their patients' chronic records on a single platform and facilitate searches.
After the failed project that ended in 2012, Google is trying to recover certain objectives of the original idea, but this time it has great advantages, given the widespread use of smartphones, especially Android devices around the world.
