Posted on 10/23/2007 7:27:29 AM PDT by kddid
Microsoft can kiss my hairy white arse.
Id rather let microsoft have it than some place in a far away land
Could we please concentrate some of that corporate effort into making a good OS? Please?
Yeah great Abdul in India putting 10000 medical records on his 10gb flash drive and selling to highest bidder
Umm, and they think this already isn't happening? Medical records companies exist today, and are used to make all kinds of decisions about you without you knowing it.
I just went through this while obtaining a new life insurance policy. It was amazing how many hands were on my records between my family practice doctor and the insurance company. It was more than a few.
The thought/suggestion that Microsoft has nefarious intentions in this product offering is completely laughable. NewsMax should be more worried about what Al Gore's Google is up to.
I don't like the idea of Microsoft housing the data, but my point is that the data is no more or less secure with them, than where it's sitting right now.
I *do* see this as a step towards socialized medicine. "Mr. WBill, scanning the MS database, I see that you need a MRI on your knee. I see that there is a machine available in Clevland on Tuesday...I assume that you'll be able to fly there in time. Otherwise, you'll need to wait 3 months until a local one opens up."
SO, I guess that a single large DB is a bad idea, after all. Certainly it's a lot less convenient for all concerned.
I’ve always wondered how Windows works with HIPPA. The license for Windows states Microsoft can come on your machine and do things without your permission. Doesn’t this cause HIPPA problems?
Microsoft is trying to be the world’s hard drive.
and by extension a mothly bill to be paid.
They are delusional if they think business will use them to store confidential client data.
The "Law Offices of James Sokolove" would pay millions for a few searches through this database to troll for tort clients.
Actually, it is HIPAA. But you make a VERY good point.
type, type, type.
Microsoft medical database: Jobs, Steven: required prescription, 20 cc potassium cyanide.
Doctor: that's strange, but the computer says it's required.
Steve Jobs: Ouch, gasp, clunk.
The only organization I would trust less than Microsoft with complete control of my medical records is the US government.
Yeah i had that thought just as i hit post
I’d rather pay more to a doctor than have Microsoft keep my records “safe”.
That's a non sequitur.
They don't have to have "nefarious intentions", twirling their moustaches as they tie young women to railroad tracks, for this to be a terrible idea.
We have lost enough privacy already. We don't need to help Microsoft "become an advertising powerhouse" with the help of our medical records.
Kevorkian for Surgeon General!
Steve Ballmer should have his own medical records examined...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bylDojTWfyU
NewsMax has managed to combine that quote with a completely unrelated topic. In other words, they’ve taken Balmer’s quote TOTALLY out of context. You can view the ad-age article here: http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=72272614856578&mkt=en-US&lang=en-US&w=3e13c58&FORM=CVRE3
No mention at all in that of their health initiative
Microsoft: A monstrous, expensive bureaucratic monopoly, bored and looking for something else to meddle in.
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