The two tech giants worked with the Beaverton, Ore.-based health care provider to extend the value of and other offerings, and to ensure that stored patient health records are up-to-date, according to an release.

"Our partnership with IBM will help both providers and users gain access to their device data in a highly simplified and automated fashion," said Sameer Samat, director for , in a statement. "IBM has taken an important step in providing software that enables device manufacturers and hospitals to easily upload recorded data into a such as Google Health."

Google Health is designed to enable users to store, manage, and share their medical records and personal health information with health care providers online. It is available without charge to individuals.

Last May, Google opened its hosted online patient medical records service to the public, seven months after the online giant announced plans to . Right off the bat, the questions about privacy and security.

Both IBM and Google, however, contend that e-health technology will give patients, doctors and family members access to better information.