I think Joe is talking about personal tracking... not some central service, right? Eric On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:54 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Ok, So you do this and someone by mistake adds that you recently had an > STD. Was not you, however now this info is all over the place. Then there > is a security mishap and your records are made public and now everyone who > sees your public records thinks you had an STD, when you had not. Maybe > someone at your church sees this mistakenly public release. Then the rumor > mill starts.... > > About 8 years ago some bureaucrat took a disk home that contained the > records of 2.6 million veterans. His house was burglarized and the disk > stolen. It contained names, DOB's and SSI #'s. It was against policy for > that data to leave the building where he worked. > > Too much technology concerns me. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Wed, 3/13/13, joe@actionline.com * wrote: > > > From: joe@actionline.com > Subject: Re: OT: (or not?) What is the best PHR Personal Health Record > service? > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:54 PM > > > > Thanks to Keith Smith, Michael Butash, and AZ Pete for your responses. > > Keith asked, in part: > > What is our Primary Care Physician doing? > > Do you really want a central repository of your medical records > > for the Gov to poke into? > > As AZ Pete pointed out, The gov't already has almost all the info > so ... my point, like Pete's is ... it's about time individuals > should have access to their own records. > > > What is the benefit? > > There would be tremendous benefits! Here are just a thoughts: > > First ... Thank God, I have been remarkably health all of my life > and have but very rarely needed to see a doctor for anything. > Hoever, the inescapable hard reality is that each and every one of > us is going to need medical treatment for something if not multiple > things at some point(s) in our lives as we age. > > So, why should one have to fill out the same medical history > information (99% of which is probably irrelevant) every time one > sees a new or different doctor or specialist? > > Personally, I really could not care less what anyone else sees about > my medical history or current conditions (though I certainly agree > that some security to protect such information rather than posting > it all on facebook would obviously be prudent). > > Recently, I changed doctors, and after my new doctor sent a fax to > my previous doctor with my signature "releasing" the records, long > delays, and no response, I finally had to drive to the previous > doctor's office to talk the former doctor into releasing *my* > records to me and pay for copies to be made. Ridiculous. > > Then I had to go to three different specialists, including primary > care, opthamologist, and neurologist, and fill out all the same > medical history information for the first visit at each place and > take copies of certain records from one place to another. All of > this a huge and needless nuisance that having a "PHR" resource would > have avoided. > > Moreeover, all the recent information lacks important background > information. > > I want any and all doctors, dentists, chiropractors, and any other > health-care professionals (as well as my wife and other family > members) to have easy and fast access to any of my medical records. > > Also, when traveling to another state or country, if I should need > any kind of treatment, I want that same kind of easy and fast > access. > > There are dozens of other benefits (i.e. having universally > available accurate information on any past or current medications, > side-effect reactions, current med interaction risks, allergy info, > vaccination records, family history, previous conditions info, and > continually updated, up-to-the-minute treatment reports, etc.) > > The real question is not, "What are the benefits" but rather, "Why > not have any and all applicable information uniformly available > instantly, on-line, to any and all health-care professionals one > might use anywhere one might move or travel? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >