Apollo Hospitals partners with Google; launches health cards

Apollo Hospitals has partnered with Google to provide additional healthcare information to Google's Knowledge in India.

The Health Card is standardised and would give information that gets presented on Google search engine. The health card aims to help consumers’ access information swiftly and easily.

The hospital chain explained when users’ ask Google about common health conditions, he/she would start getting relevant medical facts right up front.

You'll be able to see typical symptoms, as well as details on how common the condition is, whether it's critical, if it's contagious, what ages it affects, and more. For some conditions you'll also see high-quality illustrations from licensed medical illustrators.

 

All relevant medical information gets presented in cards, is reviewed and certified by the Specialists of Apollo Hospitals. Whenever any information is searched on internet, Apollo Hospitals is mentioned in the Health Card as source of information.

According to Apollo, this is to empower people with accurate, appropriate and easy to understand information to support them and provide a framework from which they can have a better conversation with their doctor or dive deeper on web.