[privacy] Scary, Yet Real: Medical Records Database Would Span a Lifetime

[Brian Loe]

On 12/6/06, Fergie <fergdawg at netzero.net> wrote:

>
> Dossia, which in 2007 will be made available to the companies' 2.5 million
> U.S. employees, dependents and retirees, will hold medical records from
> multiple sources for a person over their entire lifetime. The database
> could include test results and medical evaluations from various doctors'
> offices, hospitals and pharmacies.
>
> [snip]
>

Intuit is working on something similar - though they will pull the
data from various backend providers...I haven't yet figured out who
the target market is since I don't know anyone who cares that much
about their medical records.