What a shame...
One of the 'briefs' that I subscribe to is the ANA 'SmartBriefs' (which, if you belong to ANA, is a wonderful quick resource to updates in the nursing world - all aspects - clinical, administrative, research, and informatics).
Anyway - today's 'SmartBrief' contained a short article about Google's Personal Health Record (PHR) and the fact that it has chosen to discontinue the service due to...are you ready..."poor adoption by consumers." My personal belief is that this a sad statement/commentary on informatics and implementation of consumer control of their own health records (and ultimately their own health). Perhaps you disagree?
The article is a simple web article located on the website 'Health Data Management' and can be found at http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/google-health-personal-health-records-discontinue-retire-phr-42690-1.html or by clicking here.
Now there was another very interesting article on another site I follow on LinkedIn which is Health Informatics Technology (HIT). That article (and corresponding blog) discussed that the real reason that Google’s PHR ‘failed’ in sustaining its implementation related to money. Or, more specifically, the ‘legacy reimbursement’ (or fee-for service) payment model. The author here does discuss the premise of what PHRs are intended to do…which is give consumers control over their health, and records. This was a very interesting take on the situation.
That article is located on the LinkedIn site, but I found it from its original source at Tech Crunch and can be found at http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/26/why-google-really-failed-money/ or by clicking here.
I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are on this?
Professor Lenhart
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