But that hasn't prevented the Registry from raising security, privacy, and safety concerns. Some critics believe any database of medical secrets could be cracked by hackers or abused by the greedy. Doctors fear that patients might omit potentially embarrassing but medically important details in fear their secrets will be revealed, said John Stanley, director of the Ethics in Medicine, Science and Society at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Something as simple as an incorrect blood type could be fatal if a user submitted the wrong information, he said. However, Stanley praised the program for being ahead of its time.
Technology can actually build a better physician-patient relationship.
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