Google shines more light on its healthcare strategy after Google Health’s disbandment
Insider Intelligence October 20, 2021
The news: Google pulled the curtain back on a mobile app version of its electronic health record (EHR) search tool, Care Studio.
- Clinicians can use the app to view physician notes, lab results, and check on a patient’s progress from their phone.
- The app has a search engine (similar to Google’s Search bar) that enables doctors to enter a patient’s name and pull up a summary of data from different EHRs.
How we got here: This news arrives shortly after Google shuttered its dedicated health division Google Health, at which time it revealed its instead baking its health capabilities into its existing businesses.
In August, Insider reported Google dismantled its health division shortly after its VP David Feinberg...