BBC medical records story

[David Hansen]

On 6 Mar 2002 at 13:46, Ken Brown wrote:

> and *if* it was in a simple text format so the user could read it
> themselves with standard equipment
> 
> and *if* employers and insurance companies had no way whatsoever of
> accessing it

I suspect that the only way of doing this is to encrypt it with a key 
that the patient knows.

> The paper records aren't
> exactly encrypted at the moment.

They are also bulky and so it is "obvious" that they cannot be 
transported around easily. This limits the claims of people that they 
need access.

Make these things electronic and all sorts of representatives of the 
forces of darkness will come out of the woodwork claiming that they 
"need" access.


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