kaligirl762005
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Doctors feel they would be better able to provide quality health care services if they had more complete information about a patient. Patients often complain about having to acquire (and often pay for) duplicated lab tests that doctors could share. Keeping medical records in a central location electronically could satisfy both of these concerns, and may be of special help if you are traveling away from home when you need emergency health services.
However, there is debate about centralizing medical information within a single repository. For example, how do you balance your doctors sharing necessary information with your preference to control your medical information? Consider what problems might occur if other agencies, like insurance companies or mortgage banks, could use information to approve or deny you services based on your health records.
What other privacy and abuse issues can you foresee? How confident are you that confidentiality can be maintained? Where do you stand on the issue of centralizing medical information?
However, there is debate about centralizing medical information within a single repository. For example, how do you balance your doctors sharing necessary information with your preference to control your medical information? Consider what problems might occur if other agencies, like insurance companies or mortgage banks, could use information to approve or deny you services based on your health records.
What other privacy and abuse issues can you foresee? How confident are you that confidentiality can be maintained? Where do you stand on the issue of centralizing medical information?