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President Bush began the process of trying to create a standardized, electronic database of medical records to help create efficiency in the health care field. But Barack Obama has gone one step further and indicated his desire to invest in this project and has set a goal of having standardized, comp...
There should be complete patient control over access to their electronic records.
For example, if they do not want psychiatric records to be accessible with their general medical records.
And, the ability to choose which physicians have access to what files within their medical record and when. Some information may be particularly sensitive yet not useful to another physician (ie, treating a cold or unrelated condition)--the patient should have control over accessibility.