Quote:ATLANTA, Georgia -- Imagine my surprise when, in the course of doing research for this story, I stumbled upon my own personal health information online.
In a world of busy physicians and increasing medical errors, having your health records online could be helpful.
There it was in black, white, and hypertext blue. My annual mammograms; the visits to the podiatrist for the splinter in my foot; the kind of birth control I use -- it was all on my health insurance company's Web site. And that's not all: The prescriptions drugs I use were listed on the Web site where I get my prescription drug insurance.
I had no idea this was all on the World Wide Web. Welcome to the 21st century, says Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg, associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and a medical informatics expert.
"There's more information out there about people than could ever possibly be realized," he says. |
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its a good read:
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and this new board looks great :)
offtopic I am getting an award this month for my volunteer work