On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 08:26:01 +0100, Mary Hawking wrote:
>Isn't the usefulness of this appraoch dependant on the subsets? Who
>defines them, and for what purpose?
>Could we develop a patient-authorised summary?
I rather fancy the idea of the patient 'writing out' chits or
cheque-like authorisations on a need to know basis (with arrangements
for the uncon, mental, child, etc).
When I write you a cheque, I actually authorise you to go and *take*
out a very fixed amount of money from *my* account. I say 50 pounds,
you get take 50 pounds, no more, no less.
Back to Bill Dodd's idea of a 'Health Information Bank' I reckon. The
smart card becomes the health information cheque book.
Smart card technology is on a different stratosphere from when they
were in Exeter. It's like comparing a 286 with a new 450 PII now.
I can post more on Dodd's 'Health Information Bank' if you want.
Ahmad
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