Google Inc on Monday unveiled Google Health, a long-anticipated U.S. health information service that combines the leading Web company’s classic search services with a user’s personal health records online.

According to Reuters, the password-protected service, which can be found at http://www.google.com/health/, stores a user’s basic medical history and gathers relevant information connected to their health conditions.

One feature includes a link to help users find doctors by location or specialization. The “virtual pillbox” notifies patients when they need to take medications and warns of potential drug interactions.  The service includes links to major U.S. pharmacies, doctors’ groups and medical testing labs, and patients would control access to their records.

Partners include Walgreens, Longs Drug Stores, CVS, AllScripts, Quest Diagnostics and the Cleveland Clinic. The company had previously said it was working with health insurers such as Aetna Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc pharmacies.

Officials at Google announced the long-anticipated service during a news conference to discuss developments in the company’s core search business.

“If anyone can demystify what health is, and make it fun ... Google can,” said Dr. Michael Roizen, the chief wellness officer for the Cleveland Clinic, a major private U.S. medical group.

Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president for search services and user experience, said the company would store personal health information on computers that are separate from the company’s other endeavors and had created an additional layer of security.

“We certainly have put in place the foremost privacy policy that we could construct,” Mayer said.

The site would allow patients to schedule appointments, refill prescriptions, receive diagnostic results online, and instantly add their doctors’ email addresses to a list of contacts, Reuters said.

The electronic health records field remains in its early stages, and there is little in the way of established privacy, security and data usage standards for electronic personal health records despite decades of industry effort.