Thursday, June 16, 2005

Easily Accessible

I was sitting in my ophthamologist's office today, watching him make careful notes about my eyes on index cards, and I thought of this story about politicians pushing for a law to make medical records electronic.

My first thought was why should a bunch of politicians interfere in my doctor's chosen method of record-keeping?

My second thought had to do with data security. Which do you think is easier to keep secure? A set of index cards... or personal information in a big national database?

"We need to have the information easily accessible," said Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Senator, I fear your cure
Is worse than what we now endure.

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