Is Google on the right way?

Google recently post some good news. As part of the healthcare strategy will launch a pilot and partnership with Cleveland Clinics around Personal Healthcare Records.

What is really funny is... if Health records are Personal, why are you talking with a Clinic, instead of talking with the people?. Well, Schmidt will said that they are taking a customer focus (user central model), but at the same time they are partnering.. with the leader.

I believe that the Google approach is a conservative one, in other words Google is probably worried about what the medical system will think about this new approach.

Probably the medical system will reject it (you can find some initial FUD here), since the healthcare industry (one of the most profitable one) could radically change with the use of new technologies and online communities.

Besides my comments is good to have Google onboard of the boat. This will speedup our trip to the final destination a totally Open Universal Medical Records owned by people and not institutions.

The Fantastic Four and OpenUMR.

The Best thing that could happened to a great idea is to have a wonderful team ready to make it real.

We have a Team.. and as we are 4, I just decided to auto-called The Fantastic Four (by the way, there is no woman on the team... just to avoid easy jokes).

Who we are, well is not easy to define us but I would said, some crazy, enthusiastic, curious group of people:

Alex, Chief Software Architect

MAD, Chief Infrastructure Officer

Sebas, Chief Medical Apps/Services 

Me, I will not auto define me.

If you want to join the team... just let us know...

See you @ www.openumr.com soon.