Online search giant Google of Mountain View, CA, has overhauled the dashboard design of Google Health, its personal health record service that enables individuals to store health-related information to a central digital archive. At the same time, several additional features have been added that enable users to set and monitor personal wellness goals.
The redesigned dashboard now provides the ability to record prescription and nonprescription medications, as well as notes detailing progress for health conditions. As an example, body mass index can be charted and tracked over time, according to Aaron Brown, a Google Health senior product manager.
The Internet-accessible service also allows its users to upload paper documents that have been digitally scanned. This can include paper medical records, radiology or lab test reports, and insurance documents up to 4 MB in size.
Diagnostic images in compressed thumbnail or JPEG format up to 4 MB in size also may be uploaded and attached to radiology reports. Digital clinical photos also may be uploaded.
Google Health currently doesn't offer an automatic upload or integration directly with imaging providers and Google Health-affiliated healthcare partners, but this is an area being considered for a future dashboard version, Jason Freidenfelds, a Google communications manager, told AuntMinnie.com.
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