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Remember when Cerner dissed Google Health?  This news came out today in the Globe about Google Health and BCBS of Mass:

Come this fall, members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts will be able to go online to look up their healthcare claims and some medical records, which the insurer says will help patients manage their medical care and have more productive discussions with doctors.

The feature is being offered through Google Health, the new healthcare Web portal recently opened by the Internet search giant based in Mountain View, Calif. Blue Cross-Blue Shield said it is the first health insurer to sign on to the service.

Since Cerner sells its goods to hospitals and hospitals are reimbursed by health plans and those health plans are demanding more up-to-date, quality information on patient outcomes…  Hmmm.  Seems like those patients are going to want to use their Google Health accounts — backed by their health plans — when they show up for a doctor’s visit.

And kudos again to the great state of Massachusetts, the right in the center of healthcare innovation.  (Did we mention we had an office here?)