How would you like to have all of your medical records available, online, 24 hours a day, through Google? Here is a story in the Arizona Republic, describing such a scenario for Arizona Medicare recipients.
You may want to enroll in the experiment, but I wouldn't do it -- you just know that SOMEHOW people that should not have access to your records will end up seeing them. Just how many people looked at Joe the Plumber's confidential files, like his tax returns, etc? I've coined a phrase I call the Law of Lehrman: if it CAN happen, it WILL happen. Sooner or later, and probably sooner, some hackers will be able to access your medical records at Google. The link to the Arizona Republic story is here.
Before you sign up, be sure to read the article. Here is a sentence taken verbatim from the article: "...some have raised privacy concerns because there is no federal law that restricts how third-party vendors such as Google can use health records."
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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