Google offers a glimpse of Google Health

Google on Thursday offered a glimpse of Google Health, its upcoming personal health records management service.

The upcoming service is expected to look similar to Google News and provide links to profile data, medical contacts, health notices, and drug interaction warnings.

"Google Health aims to solve an urgent need that dovetails with our overall mission of organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful," said Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of search and user products, in a blog post. "Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage their own medical records online."

The glimpse of Google Health comes in the form of a screen shot: It shows a sample user's health Profile Summary in the right-hand sidebar, with sections for Conditions, Medications, Allergies, and Procedures. The left-hand sidebar includes links to a subscriber's profile data, medical contacts, health notices, and drug interaction warnings.

The center column contains links to add information to Google Health, to import health records, to find online health management tools, and to search for doctors.

The screen shot also includes an appointment and chart viewing widget associated with the Cleveland Clinic. Google last week announced a pilot program with the Cleveland Clinic to test its online health records system.

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