Is it finally time to put medical records online?

I personally think that computrer/internet security will have to be much stronger before medical info is housed/passed on the internet. I also think that I should be the one making that decision. It’s bad enough that they already share your info a,pngst themselves.

Although it has been a long time coming, physicians are beginning to consider the Internet an integral part of their practice.

For example, instantaneous electronic transmission of a patient’s records from his or her doctor to another part of the country (or the world, for that matter) could be extremely helpful in an emergency.

There’s even a trial going on in Florida in which doctors are being reimbursed for online consultations. About 1,000 doctors and 100,000 patients are participating