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Medical records via Google or Microsoft? 5:48pm on 07 Jul 2009 Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault are not matured products. If this plan is approved, it would be an opportunity for these companies to work on their products using govt. money!

I am not saying this is a bad idea. Google products are almost always good, but why govt. paying for it? Just open it up to the public just like US, so the public can choose the the software of their choice. There are already about 50 PHR software tools available. Why limit to Google Health or MS Healthvault? Be democratic!

By the way, here is a good primer on PHR tools and the providers -
http://www.phrreviews.com/what-is-a-phr

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