Lou Franco's ECM Imaging Blog

Just got the notification from Google that JotSpot (acquired in 2006) has been relaunched as Sites inside of Google Apps. With Sites, Google Docs, GMail, and Calendar, Google Apps now has most of the features of SharePoint and has to be considered an ECM choice, particularly for small to mid-size businesses or businesses with remote users or a distributed workforce. Not sure if there's an API yet, but I'd expect one to be forthcoming (JotSpot had one) if there isn't one yet.

This comes on the heels of Google's EMR (Electronic Medical Records) Management announcement, Google Health.

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.

The pilot project announced Thursday will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to an electronic transfer of their personal health records so they can be retrieved through Google's new service, which won't be open to the general public.

Each health profile, including information about prescriptions, allergies and medical histories, will be protected by a password that's also required to use other Google services such as e-mail and personalized search tools.

Google views its expansion into health records management as a logical extension because its search engine already processes millions of requests from people trying to find about more information about an injury, illness or recommended treatment.