Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending August 25: Dr Google's diagnoses, McKessan pulls out of Canadian portal, Babylon's permission to expand, digital reduces deaths from sepsis, Apple health murmurs, clinical decision support v EMRs, US remains non-interoperable, UK care record downgrade, voice and privacy, health record downloads flat, AliveCor withdraws from Apple Watch
Dr Google ‘diagnoses’ 100m health concerns as GP wait times rise
Digital Health News ~ Owen Hughes ~ 22/08/2019
Benenden Health said its finding were supported by a rise in cases of “cyberchondria” – a state of medical anxiety caused by online symptoms checking and self-diagnosis.