Google Flu Shot Locator Shows Where To Get Vaccines Near You!
Nov 10, 2009 at 1:43pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Looking for where to get a seasonal flu shot or that hard-to-find vaccine against H1N1 swine flu? Google has a new flu shot locator that can help.
When the locator loads, you many need to manually enter your location. Do so using the "Change Location" option:
After doing your search, a red needle icon shows where to get regular seasonal flu shots, a blue needle for the H1N1 vaccine or colored both ways if both are offered at a particular location (so many needles -- don't let your kids see this map before you go!):
Click on any of the icons, and you'll be shown more informatio [...]
Filed in: Google: Health, Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines, Top News
Google Answers Your Health Questions With Health OneBox
Aug 27, 2009 at 12:00pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Google launched Google Health back in February 2008. Today, Google is integrating Google Health content into the search results via the classic OneBox section of the page. You should be able to see the Google Health OneBox for medical related searches, such as for [asthma] or [diabetes].
Here is a screen capture of the OneBox result for Asthma:
As you can see, Google provides a quick definition of the condition and then gives you a link to either Google Health, Mayo Clinic, Medline Plus or WebMD. Note, not all of these links will be available for all health-related queries.
I [...]
Filed in: Google: Health, Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers
Feeling Sick? Google Begins Asking Some Searchers Who Look For Illness-Related Terms
May 13, 2009 at 6:04pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Why exactly are you searching for "headache" or "ear infection" at Google? Do you have one of these illnesses or are you researching them? Google wants to know, and will find out by asking a small number of people directly within the search results, beginning today.
It's part of a process that Google hopes will allow them to improve health-related search results plus perhaps build more trending tools like Google Flu.
"We'd like to do a better job of accurately estimating current levels of flu and extend that to other areas, and to do that, we need to understand better what people [...]
Filed in: Features: General, Google: Health, Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search, Top News
Searching For Healthcare Solutions: Electronic Health Records Initiative Faces Significant Obstacles
Mar 26, 2009 at 10:01am ET by Greg Sterling
When the long rumored Google Health was announced in early 2008, it appeared to be a very ambitious initiative that had a mountain to climb. That mountain was participation: getting individuals, doctors and hospitals to digitize their records. Then there are the myriad privacy and data security issues.
But Google isn't the only one in the electronic health records and "health search" game. So is Microsoft. There are scores of others in the segment, as well as billions spent annually in advertising. Despite the money and involvement of companies like Microsoft and Google, digitizing the nati [...]
Filed in: Google: Health, Microsoft: General, Microsoft: Other
Google Health Makes It Easier To Share Medical Records
Mar 4, 2009 at 11:03pm ET by Matt McGee
Google Health has taken a step forward in utility with the launch today of two new tools to help users share their medical information with trusted friends, family members, or medical providers.
First, "Share This Profile" is an email-based tool that lets you give someone else online access to a Google Health profile. Privacy and security are obvious concerns here, and Google says these safeguards are in place:
the access link you send will only work in connection with the email address of the person you send it to; your profile can't be accessed if the link is forwarded to someone els [...]
Filed in: Google: Health
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