Google Could Revolutionize Healthcare...

Google has been thought to be considering working on ways in which people could store their health records on Google and have them readily available for personal needs. It has been quite careful about letting outsiders in on its plans but has just taken action that could suggest this idea is gaining traction.

Google recently appointed its new Health Advisory Council and it is comprised of some 22 very heavy hitters:

Dean Ornish, Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute

Douglas Bell, Research Scientist, RAND Health, RAND Corporation

Delos M. Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic

Molly Coye, CEO, HealthTech

Dan Crippen, Former Congressional Budget Office Director & Reagan White House Asst.

Linda M. Dillman, EVP, Risk Management, Benefits & Sustainability, Wal-Mart

John Halamka, CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School

Bernadine Healy, Former NIH Head, Health Editor & Columnist, U.S.News & World Report

Bernie Hengesbaugh, COO, American Medical Association

Douglas E. Henley, EVP, American Academy of Family Physicians

David Kessler, Former FDA Commissioner, Vice Chancellor-Medical Affairs & Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF

John Lumpkin, Sr. VP, Director of Health Care Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

John Rother, Group Exec. Officer of Policy & Strategy, AARP

Anna-Lisa Silvestre, VP, Online Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Greg Simon, President, FasterCures

Mark D. Smith, President & CEO, The California HealthCare Foundation

Paul Tang, Internist & VP, Chief Medical Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation & Chairman, Board of Directors, American Medical Informatics Association

Sharon Terry, President & CEO, Genetic Alliance

John Tooker, EVP & CEO, American College of Physicians

Doug Ulman, President, Lance Armstrong Foundation

Robert M. Wachter, Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Assoc. Chairman, UCSF Department of Medicine, Chief – Medical Service, UCSF Medical Center

Matthew Zachary, Founder & Executive Director, The I’m Too Young for This! Cancer Foundation for Young Adults

The private sector is stepping up its game!

Google is among the most innovative organizations in the world and should not be undersold as to the potential for success in this undertaking…if that’s what it is.