Why are Google and Microsoft both so interested in health? - The Guardian 28th February 2008

Because it's a big market that, surprisingly, makes less use of IT than other industries of comparable size. Google has just announced its move into the market, codenamed "Weaver", saying that "health information should be easier to access and organise, especially in ways that make it as simple as possible to find the information that is most relevant to a specific patient's needs". Talk to anyone in the business of providing healthcare and you'll hear the same story: demographics are going to send healthcare costs through the hole in the ozone layer. As the demographic bulge of the baby boom reaches retirement age, many more people are living longer with chronic diseases.

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