securing distributed partial medical records?

[Roland Perry]

In article <4A6E01EE.3060507 at gmail.com>, Adrian Midgley 
<amidgley at gmail.com> writes
>> There's also a psychological distinction with this: If I just have to
>> type "ADRIAN MIDGLEY" into a computer terminal located in my private
>> office to pull up your medical records, then that's a lot easier than
>> if I have to haul myself along to your local GP and ask your GP's
>> receptionist face-to-face to see your paper records.
>
>My records are not paper.

My hospital records are. About two inches think now. And still the first 
question they ask is always "when did you first get treatment for this, 
and why". I think it must actually be small-talk to keep me engaged 
while they read the bits they really want to know.
-- 
Roland Perry