Morning Headlines 7/16/13
Personal health record vendor MyMedicalRecord announces that it is on the verge of securing a patent for what is essentially e-prescribing technology. The patent describes "providing a user with the ability to access and manage prescriptions online by providing features that include sending prescriptions to a pharmacy, accessing prescriptions from a pharmacy, scheduling prescription refills, sending reminders regarding prescription refills including by text or email, and identifying adverse drug interactions by analyzing prescription medications."
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.