begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:27:45AM -0700: > [snip] > Actually, I'm with Todd on this. The potential medical benefit from a > centralized medical data base is insignificant when compared with the > potential for abuse, and in Bush world we should all realize that all > potential for abuse eventually gets actualized.
In programming, "it will never happen" generally takes around six months. I don't see why the principle should be any different in the real world. > What Greg is citing can be > covered quite nicely with a med alert bracelet. Besides, even if you go to > your usual hospital, no ER physician is goinfg to pull your chart in an > emergency. Indeed. They'll just watch for an adverse reaction, and deal with it if one occurs. > Karl Rove, OTOH, will pull anyone's chart if he wants to get some dirt on > him. Or for amusement, one supposes. > I think a centralized data base of medical information properly anonymized > would be a boon to research. Yup. But how much information to preserve? -- Suppose one's name really does affect one's chances of being depressed? Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
