Comments on: Dutch to Create Cradle to Grave Records Database http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/09/15/dutch-to-create-cradle-to-grave-database/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Russ Krajec http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/09/15/dutch-to-create-cradle-to-grave-database/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Russ Krajec Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:13:09 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/09/15/dutch-to-create-cradle-to-grave-database/#comment-216 My first reaction is one of horror. I cannot imagine having that much personal, private information in one location, especially one location where it could be breached, copied, and essentially be in the public domain. Never mind the Big Brother argument. It is one thing to keep a centralized paper record of everyone, but a completely different thing to do so electronically. It seems to be commonly accepted that there is a need for instant access to medical records, but I wonder if there have been any studies that put a figure on the number of people adversely affected by the current method and would be helped by an instantly available record system. From what I know, it seems to be only anecdotal and mostly hypothetical evidence. My first reaction is one of horror. I cannot imagine having that much personal, private information in one location, especially one location where it could be breached, copied, and essentially be in the public domain. Never mind the Big Brother argument.

It is one thing to keep a centralized paper record of everyone, but a completely different thing to do so electronically.

It seems to be commonly accepted that there is a need for instant access to medical records, but I wonder if there have been any studies that put a figure on the number of people adversely affected by the current method and would be helped by an instantly available record system. From what I know, it seems to be only anecdotal and mostly hypothetical evidence.

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