http://redscrubs.com/2008/02/web-based-personal-health-records-how-much-added-value-is-there/ The Resource for Medical Professionals Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://redscrubs.com/2008/02/web-based-personal-health-records-how-much-added-value-is-there/#comment-151 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:56:21 +0000 http://redscrubs.com/2008/02/web-based-personal-health-records-how-much-added-value-is-there/#comment-151 Thanks for the comment Ben. Contract law could possibly work as you suggest. Unfortunately I can not speak intelligently about the intricacies of contract law to advocate its application or not. I still don’t know if this type of service that the two software giants are providing adds any real value to anyone’s medical record system. I enjoy the convenience that technology often offers, however at the same time I wonder if we get ahead of ourselves. One of my favorite sanity points regarding any decision making process is to always make this statement when it is not clear as to how to proceed. “Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should”. I can not help but feel that both Google’s and Microsoft’s PHR application falls into this category. Thanks for the comment Ben. Contract law could possibly work as you suggest. Unfortunately I can not speak intelligently about the intricacies of contract law to advocate its application or not. I still don’t know if this type of service that the two software giants are providing adds any real value to anyone’s medical record system. I enjoy the convenience that technology often offers, however at the same time I wonder if we get ahead of ourselves. One of my favorite sanity points regarding any decision making process is to always make this statement when it is not clear as to how to proceed. “Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should”. I can not help but feel that both Google’s and Microsoft’s PHR application falls into this category.

]]> http://redscrubs.com/2008/02/web-based-personal-health-records-how-much-added-value-is-there/#comment-148 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:25:32 +0000 http://redscrubs.com/2008/02/web-based-personal-health-records-how-much-added-value-is-there/#comment-148 Maybe patients can use contract law to enhance the privacy of their health records. <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html" rel="nofollow">http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html</a> Maybe patients can use contract law to enhance the privacy of their health records. http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html

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