Ah, the Google borg is expanding. This time they are targeting your personal medical records.

Google Health, codename “Weaver”, is Google’s planned health information storage program. Google’s Vice President of Engineering Adam Bosworth lobbies for the program for quite a while now. Adam said the current US health care system is challenged when it comes to “supporting caregivers and communicating between different medical organizations.” Adam went on to say that people “need the medical information that is out there and available to be organized and made accessible to all … Health information should be easier to access and organize, especially in ways that make it as simple as possible to find the information that is most relevant to a specific patient’s needs.” Adam adds that this – making information accessible – happens to be along Google’s mission.

Yes, the medical record system in the US is broken but I have a problem letting one entity know so much about a certain person. Although I am a HUGE fan of digital record keeping, before people jump into it they need to weigh out privacy issues as well as potential drawbacks for the easy availability of centralized data retention.

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