Google Health introduces a quicker method for sharing your medical history with physicians.
Version 5.05 has launched Smart Health Links, allowing users to share medical record summaries without completing new intake forms.
Google Health now enables users to convert their medical records into a shareable link, allowing them to avoid the cumbersome intake forms when changing doctors or visiting a specialist for the first time. This feature, named Smart Health Links, is part of Google Health version 5.05 and is currently available only in the United States.
How Smart Health Links operates
Since the app replaced the Fitbit app in May, Google Health has allowed users to upload their medical records, providing its AI-powered Health Coach with data to reference when answering health-related queries. Previously, this information was secured within the app, accessible solely to the user. With version 5.05, the Smart Health Links feature opens this data up, enabling users to share a summary of their medical history with healthcare providers or family members.
Users can create the summary by going to the Medical section in the Health tab, selecting the new "Shareable records" option, tapping the + button, and choosing the information they want to include. The summary can then be shared by tapping the three-dot button to generate either a URL or a QR code.
Not a replacement for official records
Google clarifies that the Smart Health Links feature should not be seen as a substitute for official medical records. While it may expedite the intake process at a doctor's office or allow users to quickly share a summary with a family member, it is not intended to replace a patient’s official medical chart. Nonetheless, this feature offers Google Health users in the US a quicker way to provide their history compared to printing records or recalling details from memory.
In addition to Smart Health Links, Google Health version 5.05 introduces two-way syncing with Apple Health, enabling data to flow into Apple’s app for the first time rather than just pulling data in one direction. The update is widely available on both iOS and Android.
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Google Health introduces a quicker method for sharing your medical history with physicians.
Google Health version 5.05 presents Smart Health Links, an innovative method for sharing a summary of your medical history with healthcare providers.