Google executive Adam Bosworth, who has so far been in charge of the search engine's move to provide health information, has left the company, according to Reuters.As vice president of engineering, Mr Bosworth was responsible for overseeing a variety of technology initiatives during his time with the California-based firm.
He joined Google three years ago and previously worked for companies including BEA Systems and Crossgain.
The search engine announced his departure on the industry blog Search Engine Land, saying: "Adam is a great talent and was instrumental in starting Google Health. He is now on vacation and has decided to pursue other opportunities after that."
"Marissa Mayer is taking over the health team in the interim until a new team leader takes over. Google is moving forward with work on our health products."
Mr Bosworth became know as the "architect" of Google Health early in 2006. However, the expected Google Health search service failed to emerge that year.
Instead, Google released a general tagging system, which has remained its main method of explicitly organising medical information for people.
Despite this, the New York Times recently reported that both Google and Microsoft are in the process of planning ways of assisting internet users to make more informed decisions regarding health.
According to the publication, the companies hope to achieve their goal by combining improved search tools, the resources of the web and online personal medical records.
