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Title: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: sam on March 21, 2010, 23:55

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/21/2149258/Medical-Professionals-Arent-Leaping-For-E-Medicine

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 00:27

This is getting ridiculous!  How long before Google holds DNA samples for all of us? 

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: sam on March 22, 2010, 01:45

14.3 days.

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 09:49

 ;D

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Rik on March 22, 2010, 10:49

That long? ;D

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 11:15

It doesn't particularly bother me about my health records being online but I can understand why others may be against it. 

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Rik on March 22, 2010, 11:16

I'm one of the latter group, Clive, as is my GP.

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 11:23

I wouldn't mind, but I do have privacy concerns.

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Rik on March 22, 2010, 11:28

If you can access your records via a website, you can bet that, sooner or later, someone else will be doing so too. No way am I opting in to SCR.

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 11:36

It would be handy for insurance companies. 

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 11:49

That is the main problem Simon.   :)

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 11:58

Indeed.  :)

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: sam on March 22, 2010, 13:42

Quote from: Clive on March 22, 2010, 11:15

It doesn't particularly bother me about my health records being online but I can understand why others may be against it. 

This is the man who didn't like the ideas of birthdays on here??  :crazy:

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 13:55

:gotcha:

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 15:00

Birthdays are different - they can provide scammers and phishers with too much information about you.   :(

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Rik on March 22, 2010, 15:36

You think your medical records can't, Clive?

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 19:11

Apart from the brain transplant I had a few years ago there's nowt much in them.   ;D

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 19:39

You were done!  ;D

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 21:40

 :lol:

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: sam on March 23, 2010, 00:04

I bet your DOB is in there....

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Simon on March 23, 2010, 00:31

:hee-hee:

Title: Re: Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine
Post by: Clive on March 23, 2010, 09:18

That I don't know!   ;D