BBC medical records story

[Ross Anderson]

> patient-administered records are a non-starter for technical and
> practical reasons. 

Bollocks.

Pregnancy records are patient held, and have been for years. They
are time-critical and important, thus cannot be left to the
bureaucrats. There are almost never any problems. Even when 
mums-to-be are living on the street and suffering from mental
illness, they take better care of their records than hospital
libraries do.

This was remarked on by the Audit Commission when they studied 
the subject in 1995 - see

	http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/publications/records.shtml

Unfortunately the text is not online, but you can call them up
and ask for a free copy

Ross