VA, DOD Promise Online Medical Records By 2017

[nhboy]

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"The departments of defense and veterans affairs plan to fully merge their health care records systems in the next five years, with the goal of giving troops and veterans a single, seamless system to track medical care throughout their lifetime.

President Barack Obama touted the idea of a lifelong electronic military medical record in April 2009, as part of dramatic improvements to veterans health care. But during a joint appearance in Illinois on Monday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki announced they hope to put the single system in place in 2017, creating what would be the world’s largest electronic health record system.

“We have the responsibility and the opportunity now to anticipate the needs of returning veterans and to guarantee them a seamless transition from servicemember to veteran status,” Shinseki said. “Secretary Panetta and I have committed to a single common joint integrated electronic health record … one that is open in architecture and nonproprietary in design to expand information sharing, eliminate gaps between our two robust health care systems.” "

 

[struggler44]

Just another system to foul up.........

 

[bcp]

I don't see how any of this can work without requiring some form of ID.

sounds racist to me.

 

[b23hqb]

Just another system to foul up.........

There ya go.

Just another system to be hacked, resulting in very personal medical history made available to all the wrong people.

 

[bcp]

There ya go.

Just another system to be hacked, resulting in very personal medical history made available to all the wrong people.

In a universal system, everyones care will be open for all to see.
Wont be long before you start getting advertisements targeting your specific ailments or lifestyles.

 

[Nickel]

Just another system to foul up.........

I absolutely do not want my medical records online.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

I absolutely do not want my medical records online.

A few years ago I was browsing the internet (can't even remember what I was trying to find) and came across someone's credit report online. I was shocked and called the company (car dealer) to let them know (in case they were not aware).

 

[Nickel]

A few years ago I was browsing the internet (can't even remember what I was trying to find) and came across someone's credit report online. I was shocked and called the company (car dealer) to let them know (in case they were not aware).

 

[Lurk]

In a universal system, everyones care will be open for all to see.
Wont be long before you start getting advertisements targeting your specific ailments or lifestyles.

The V.A.'s electronic medical record is so open, it was hacked into and we don't know how many records were stolen. Problem is, the architecture of the V.A. system prevents anyone from preventing hacking because there is no central security oversight of the system. Each V.A. hospital's records are independent of the others. Until a couple years ago, the V.A. hospital in Spokane couldn't read the records from the V.A. hospital in Seattle until they printed it out.