Comments on: Google Health Stores Medical Records http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-health-stores-medical-records/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:06:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-health-stores-medical-records/#comment-56551 James Tue, 20 May 2008 11:32:12 +0000 #comment-56551 This actually scares me. Privacy of course is a huge concern, but this scares me even more:<br /> <br /> "medical records are not shared with anyone without the user's explicit permission. "<br /> <br /> I can just see it now, somewhere in the fine print, in order for you to use the service, you have to inadvertantly agree to sharing your information with Google's "premium" partners or something stupid like that.<br /> <br /> Anything on the net can be hacked, I don't care how secure they say it is. This actually scares me. Privacy of course is a huge concern, but this scares me even more:

“medical records are not shared with anyone without the user's explicit permission. “

I can just see it now, somewhere in the fine print, in order for you to use the service, you have to inadvertantly agree to sharing your information with Google's “premium” partners or something stupid like that.

Anything on the net can be hacked, I don't care how secure they say it is.

]]> By: Bruce Layne http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-health-stores-medical-records/#comment-56550 Bruce Layne Tue, 20 May 2008 11:00:29 +0000 #comment-56550 This is long overdue. I don't go to the doctor or hospital very often, but it's ridiculous that I'm asked to supply all the same info over and over. They don't care, because it's 30 minutes out of my life filling out their forms. They just make the appointment half an hour before they want to see me so my form is completed when my real appointment starts.<br /> <br /> Privacy is a huge concern, and I'm glad this isn't a government program. We certainly don't need the government keeping these records with their lax security and increasing Big Brother attitude.<br /> <br /> Three features I'd like to see that weren't mentioned:<br /> <br /> 1) User has an administrator password to manage the account and another password to be given to health care providers to access the info. The administrator can change the access password immediately after the doctor's office gets the info.<br /> <br /> 2) There should be a standard data format used across the health care industry, just as there should be a standard insurance form. A lot of time (money) is wasted on incompatible forms.<br /> <br /> 3) All accesses to the person's health database should be logged and available to that person, including date, time and IP address. Nobody should have secret access to the health data.<br /> <br /> Or... we could just put everyone's health care data on the REAL ID chip that'll be embedded in all of us soon, along with our credit score, bank balance, tax records, voting records, religious and political affiliations....<br /> This is long overdue. I don't go to the doctor or hospital very often, but it's ridiculous that I'm asked to supply all the same info over and over. They don't care, because it's 30 minutes out of my life filling out their forms. They just make the appointment half an hour before they want to see me so my form is completed when my real appointment starts.

Privacy is a huge concern, and I'm glad this isn't a government program. We certainly don't need the government keeping these records with their lax security and increasing Big Brother attitude.

Three features I'd like to see that weren't mentioned:

1) User has an administrator password to manage the account and another password to be given to health care providers to access the info. The administrator can change the access password immediately after the doctor's office gets the info.

2) There should be a standard data format used across the health care industry, just as there should be a standard insurance form. A lot of time (money) is wasted on incompatible forms.

3) All accesses to the person's health database should be logged and available to that person, including date, time and IP address. Nobody should have secret access to the health data.

Or… we could just put everyone's health care data on the REAL ID chip that'll be embedded in all of us soon, along with our credit score, bank balance, tax records, voting records, religious and political affiliations….

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