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Re:PatientBank (YC S16) Is Creating a Unified Medical Record... by flukus on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:07PM (#12265551)
Because then the patient can alter those records or see data the shouldn't (doctor writes a note about patients hypochondria).

Junkies can go from doctor to doctor getting the same script and then deleting the record.

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Re:PatientBank (YC S16) Is Creating a Unified Medical Record... by newman314 on Thursday August 11, 2016 @02:53PM (#12270727)
<insert handwaving here>

I was thinking more along the lines of a credstick or leveraging blockchain like tech where a prescription would be signed. So data is still held local in some sort of secure enclave but something that requires both a doctor and patient to sign...

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