About Google Health

Google Health allows you to store and manage all of your health information in one central place. And it’s completely free. All you need to get started is a Google username and password.

Google believes that you own your medical records and should have easy access to them. The way we see it, it’s your information; why shouldn’t you control it?

• Keep your doctors up-to-date
• Stop filling out the same paperwork every time you see a new doctor
• Avoid getting the same lab tests done over and over again because your doctor cannot get copies of your latest results
• Don’t lose your medical records because of a move, change in jobs or health insurance
• Share your health information securely with a family member, caregiver, or doctor

With Google Health, you manage your health information, and you can access it anywhere, at any time.

It’s safe and secure

We believe that your health information belongs to you, and you should decide how much you share and whom you share it with. We will never sell your data. We store your information securely and privately. Check out our privacy policy to learn more.

You are in control — you choose what you want to share and what you want to keep private.

Here’s a new frontier in how much people are willing to trust the cloud with their personal data: Google Health. Notice just how high up this page puts reassurances around privacy and security.

Of course, people are already trusting the cloud with plenty of personal data – from the credit card numbers they store on remote servers to the reams of information about themselves that third parties are storing on their behalf. And I can certainly see how this could be useful – even potentially life-saving.

The question will be whether people can see themselves “telling Google” (which, at least at a subconscious level, is what this may feel like) about everything from colonoscopies to drug prescriptions… and whether the benefits from Google Health’s use cases are significant enough (and apparent enough) to overcome whatever fears they might have around online privacy.

What do you think? Are you going to use it?