Manage your health documents with Google Health

Google stores your information securely and privately, but you always control how it’s used. Google will never sell your data. Google Health allows you to store and manage all of your health information in one central place.

It’s safe, secure and free, through Google Health you can:

• Organize your health information all in one place
• Gather your medical records from doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies
• Share your information securely with a family member, doctors or caregivers

Google Health recently added a feature which allows patients to upload scanned paper documents to their Google Health profile for safe storage and easy sharing.

Google stated:

One of the most important documents you may want to store and share in Google Health is an “advance directive.” An advance directive allows you to determine your end-of-life wishes so that your family and doctor can honor them if you get sick and are unable to communicate.

The decision to sign an advance directive is an important and personal one, and Google Health makes it and a little bit easier. Google Health is now working with a leading advance directive provider, Caring Connections, that provides a free, downloadable form customized for all 50 states.

Just follow these easy steps:

1. Download and complete an advance directive form.
2. Scan the completed form and save the file on your computer.
3. Upload the file to your Google Health profile.
4. Share your profile with loved ones and caregivers.

If you become sick or injured and can’t speak for yourself, what kind of care do you want to receive? By making healthcare decisions now and completing an advance directive form, you can communicate your wishes for emergency or end-of-life care to those who will act on your behalf.

Google is hoping that someday it will be beyond paper, but until then Google Health can help you store your paper medical records electronically, including an advance directive, in one safe place.

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