However, there are many risks included in digitalizing health records. It is a lot easier for people to hack into files that are on the internet. There may be better ways to make it easier to access these health records. For example, inserting a chip into everyone's skin that included all their health records and other things could potentially be a good idea. This would be easy and extremely eco-friendly. Also, it would hard for hackers to get into. Of coarse this also has a downside to it (as does everything else). I feel like putting everyone's health record on the internet can be very dangerous because there are so many good hackers out there, so having some alternative plans (like the chip in skin) should be something that we should think about.
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The chip idea is pretty interesting, and certainly less vulnerable to hackers than an online version. But I wouldn't feel comfortable having the only copy of something so important in my body; for example, if I put the chip in my arm but lost my arm in some sort of accident, I'd lose all my health info as well. If we use the chip idea, I'd want some sort of back-up copy of my health records, probably on a computer somewhere. I agree with you that digitizing health records is risky, but necessary.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea. This certainly would be a secure way to store information, bar losing your arm. Another thing to think about is how one would read information off of that chip though. It would have to have some kind of wireless connection to be practical (I'm assuming you don't want to draw blood every time you need to access your personal info). And then its less secure than a regular computer sitting in your house.
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