 | Benefits of online medical records outweigh the risks |
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Just as it's now easy to visit an ATM machine from just about any bank in almost any country and access funds stored at your local bank, it ought to be possible for any medical provider, with your permission, to access your medical records from anywhere. There need to be safeguards but there also needs to be a way that patients can issue advanced directives allowing first responders and emergency personnel to access records with strong safeguards in place to make sure that is can't be abused. http://www.mercurynews.com/larry-magid/ci_21692758/magid-benefits-online-medical-records-outweigh-risks SOURCE: MercuryNews.com |
