Google on Monday unveiled Google Health, a long-anticipated United States health information service that combines the leading web company’s classic search services with a user’s personal health records online. The password-protected service stores a user’s basic medical history and gathers relevant information connected to their health conditions.
Google will not use advertising to support its new internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said recently in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates. Schmidt said the service is merely a platform for American users to store their medical information.