[flukus]

Because then the patient can alter those records or see data the shouldn't (doctor writes a note about patients hypochondria).

Junkies can go from doctor to doctor getting the same script and then deleting the record.

[newman314]

<insert handwaving here>

I was thinking more along the lines of a credstick or leveraging blockchain like tech where a prescription would be signed. So data is still held local in some sort of secure enclave but something that requires both a doctor and patient to sign...