Centralised databases are in existence in many places in the world.
He says that Milton's statements are surprising, for example when he states that encryption is insufficient because of the amount of information and the small number of people in this country will make individuals identifiable. The representatives of the World Medical Association did not discuss this with representatives of the Icelandic health authorities to learn how this will be negotiated for the database. They have not conferred with the licensee to learn how privacy will be maintained. In the discussion it was revealed that the World Medical Association has previously given a statement about computer use in medicine. He says that in Sweden there is a large centralised database containing health information about all patients released from hospitals.