[funsec] Feds Expose Health Records Of Evacuees Online

[David Lodge]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:03:15 +0100, Fergie (Paul Ferguson)  
<fergdawg at netzero.net> wrote:
> Hmmm. This seems to be the day for news on electronic
> heath reacords. There's another AP newsire article that
> discuss the "challenges":
>
>  http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050914.wmedrecs0914/BNStory/Technology/

Looks like the US is going through the same problem we're facing in the  
UK. First the government proposed (pointless) ID cards; then they proposed  
shared electronic health records - passed around all places in the NHS  
(most medical professionals in the country); then they piloted it without  
giving the victims, sorry, patients a chance to opt-out; then they back  
pedaled; now they're pushing (pointless) ID cards again...

Of course the British people are being ambivalent about the issue...  
typical really...

dave