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Making the case for uploading personal medical data
Consolidated medical information online could not only save lives but also create efficiencies. Plus, privacy concerns could be swept aside by allowing patients to secure their data by giving short-term or long-term passwords to medical providers.
As technologically advanced as we are in the U.S., we are still in the horse-and-buggy age when it comes to our medical records. A person's records are usually dispersed among a number of healthcare providers, including primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, emergency rooms, labs, pharmacies and therapists.
This system is inefficiently fragmented and also dangerous for the patient. Just think: If you had to go to a hospital that doesn't have your medical records, the doctors are starting with a new patient without any history except the verbal history that he can provide. Time could be of the essence, yet time is what is needed to get the crucial records to the hospital.
