Comments on: Adventures in healthcare (revisited) http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: hugh http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-194452 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-194452 Terry and Alan, you missed it by a mile, which is why you have a privacy concern. We absolutely do not need or want a single medical database. What we need is a standard for storing and indexing medical information, and for a patient to authorize the information he wants released to a given provider. A person could contract with any number of companies to store the data on his behalf, or could elect to carry it around on a portable device. Both you and Alan are right though. The government and the insurance companies are the worst and second worst people, respectively, to have this information. Terry and Alan, you missed it by a mile, which is why you have a privacy concern. We absolutely do not need or want a single medical database. What we need is a standard for storing and indexing medical information, and for a patient to authorize the information he wants released to a given provider. A person could contract with any number of companies to store the data on his behalf, or could elect to carry it around on a portable device. Both you and Alan are right though. The government and the insurance companies are the worst and second worst people, respectively, to have this information.

]]> by: Terry http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-193813 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:51:55 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-193813 You prefer the government, Alan? Good to see you again. You prefer the government, Alan? Good to see you again.

]]> by: alan herrell - the head lemur http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-193811 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:47:13 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-193811 Yes we need a single database, but we do not need insurance companies running it. Yes we need a single database, but we do not need insurance companies running it.

]]> by: tdc http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-193702 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:04:57 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/adventures-in-healthcare-revisited/#comment-193702 wishing you well. know that the internet is awaiting your prompt return. wishing you well.

know that the internet is awaiting your prompt return.

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