The New Health Care System: Confidential Medical Records

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One of the major concerns involving the use of large computer systems in processing medical data is the concern of compromising personal confidential health data.

The storage of confidential medical records in large computer systems could be prone to abuse, either by big business or government agencies.

In the design of the proposed system great care was taken to avoid those shortcomings in three major areas--there is no accumulation of individual health records, no storage of any confidential medical records in any state diagnostic or national research computers, and furthermore the proposed system doesn't even transfer any confidential patient data. All patient confidential records would retained in the doctor's office, the same as the current policy, and the doctor would still maintain control over those records. Furthermore, there is an additional feature within the proposed system that would provide far more protection over the medical records even in the doctor's office

One of the reasons there is such a need for this type of computer system design is because there is a critical need for a large and powerful computer system that has the capacity to process huge amounts of health data. Such a system could dramatically improve our lives by; increasing our level of wellness, dramatically reducing the high level of disease, and the cost of health care.

Imagine not having to live with the day to day concern over your health and the health of your loved ones, along with the very high cost of health insurance? The difference in the cost of health care savings alone could easily provide for luxurious annual vacations, new cars, or even a better home.

Electronic applications in the medical field began in the 1970s but became far more popular during the 1980s. Those electronic applications were in the form of sophisticated electronically operated machines and tools such as cat-scans X-rays and sophisticated surgical tools, much of the electronics was in the form of micro computers. Computers applications can be every bit as effective in disease prevention and wellness development, but in a completely different way--through the application of the computer's assimilative and correlative powers. Supercomputers would also need to be employed because of the massive amount of health data needed to be processed and related to human health.

Unfortunately, there is a major problem if you're looking for any support for such a system through the current health care industry. A successful disease prevention system discussed here would seriously interfere with the huge generation of revenue the current medical industry presently enjoys. We can assume that the loss of this revenue would not be taken lightly. So, if the public is interested in such a program then the public will have to strongly support it and insist that congress legislate it into being. The public can rest assured that such a system will not be handed to it.

So, on a personal basis what might you do? First, look into the health and wellness proposal and see if you feel it has merit and when you're satisfied that it does contact your US Representatives and Senators and ask them to look into the merit of the system for legislation enactment.

It's sad but true that today a truly effective preventative system doesn't really even exist. Although the technology to provide this type of disease prevention system has been available for several years.

We are currently far behind the curve in taking advantage of technology in the area of disease prevention. Supercomputers with the capacity for over a trillion transactions per second has been available since 1996. The necessary technology in clinical laboratory science for such a system was also available by the mid-nineties. We should already be enjoying many of the benefits that the proposed system would provide. All the emphasis over the years has been in disease control. As great as that is, far more resources must also be invested in the prevention of disease and wellness development. Breakthroughs in disease prevention and wellness development are long over-due.

How would you like to see a powerful national computer system operating seven hours a day seven days a week on the development of a highly successful disease prevention that would completely change your life?

The author of both this article and the book titled Vibrant Health Plus: The Real Medical Revolution is W.D Wood. For more information about the author, the book and the subject click on newhealthcaresystem.net newhealthcaresystem.net Information provided in these articles is fully supported, both in detail and by reference, in the book. A technical education is not required to read and fully understand the book. It was written specifically for the layperson, but with enough depth to provide the basis for design.