Google assumption: Docs will spend even less time with patients
18 October 2007
As the new interim head of Google Health, Marissa Mayer makes an interesting statement about how Google Health will engage physicians (via World Health Care Blog) (emphasis mine)
While the focus will be on improving health care and making records more accessible and portable for patients, Google will also improve life for physicians, Mayer noted.
“The goal for a lot of doctors is how many patients can they see in a day,” Mayer said. “That means their minutes per patient has got to go down, and the less time they have to spend finding and going over patient records the better. Ultimately we will design a product that’s useful for users, and also helps doctors do their job more quickly and more efficiently.”
