Hi Tim, Thanks for sharing the information, we are not planning to use GH as such, rather we want to become a partner and a 3rd party service providers of GH.
Regards Vinoth On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Tim Cook<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 21:40 -0700, vinoth wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is S Vinoth Kumar from India, Founder of www.doctorsandmedicines.com >> >> We are int he process of finalizing PHR product which we can customize >> to suit with our other services. >> >> After deep analysis we shortlisted Google Health, but we need certain >> customization to integrate with our other services > > I can't help but wonder if during your "deep analysis" if you read the > Terms of Service? > > I read your website and your "About Us" says: > > "About Us > * We are a group of professionals who have a common vision of creating > a socio-economic site catering facilities to every person, > irrespective of city, country, education, profession, income, etc. > After a detailed market research, survey and scope of > implementation, we decided to launch a portal related to the Health > Industry, giving birth to this site, www.DoctorsandMedicines.com " > > But item #2 of the GH TOS is (notice the last sentence): > > "2. Not Medical Advice; U.S. Use Only > > Google Health does not offer medical advice. Any content accessed > through Google Health is for informational purposes only, and is not > intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug > interactions, or adverse effects. This content should not be used during > a medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical > condition. Please consult your doctor or other qualified health care > provider if you have any questions about a medical condition, or before > taking any drug, changing your diet or commencing or discontinuing any > course of treatment. Do not ignore or delay obtaining professional > medical advice because of information accessed through Google Health. > Call 911 or your doctor for all medical emergencies. > > You may only use Google Health if you reside in the United States. > " > > So I'm curious as to how you and GH have reconciled this issue? Since I > am a US citizen but living in Brazil and building an open source project > I wanted to include GH capabilities as part of the platform. The TOS > seems to make this a useless effort. > > Cheers, > --Tim > > -- > Timothy Cook, MSc > Health Informatics Research & Development Services > LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook > Skype ID == timothy.cook > *************************************************************** > *You may get my Public GPG key from popular keyservers or * > *from this link http://timothywayne.cook.googlepages.com/home * > *************************************************************** > -- S.Vinoth Kumar www.artforall.ecrater.com www.allurneedz.aminus3.com www.allurneedz.blogspot.com 98417 41234 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Health Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
