Would You Trust Your Bank With Your Medical Record?
May 9, 2007 | General
One of the initiatives of the Medical Banking Project, (www.tennessean.com) a Franklin-based think tank, advocates using back-office systems perfected by banks to slash health-care cost. Later this year, the project plans to launch a computer-based platform called boardTrust that would let banks share information, including medical records, and provide standards to govern that process.
Their rationale is that the banks have already spend heavily on technology and process to secure that technology including their websites and data. We are becoming a society that utilizing the web for more and more services, especially financial services. The requirement for these services is stringent. If our money is safe on these sites and we trust them, why wouldn’t we trust our health records on these sites?
Imagine, going to your bank’s web site and being able to pick a doctor, schedule an office visit, check lab results or pay a bill from your last appointment. This could available as soon as 2008. Are we ready for this?
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