Google to Store Patients' Health Records

February 21, 2008 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader.

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