Chatter among health blogs has focused on a post by
“Patients need to see their doctors to get the right medical care. But better-informed patients recover faster, manage chronic illnesses better and may even avoid some illnesses altogether. And patients should feel in control of their situation.”
Not an original observation, really. But she believes that consumers should have access to the same computer systems that are designed to remind doctors about tests and treatments that their patients should have. And she’s part of the team at Google working on health and trying to do something about this problem. What Zeiger is trying to get close to is what we all would like to have — a doctor in the family who can point us in the right direction or with whom we can bounce treatment options against. Whether Google can come up to this expectation is questionable. But coming even close would be quite an accomplishment.
