[duaneb]

+ Privacy.

+ People don't know how good it would be until it's actually used, so adaption would be slow.

+ No real financial gain- health providers just add the cost of bureaucracy into the bill.

So yes, it would be cool/useful, but there's not exactly a huge need for it (and many potential problems).

[rthomas6]

For it to be useful, I think it would have to lessen the bureaucracy of patient records, and decrease medication mistakes by being more searchable and accessible than current record systems. If it were done correctly, I believe there would be a financial gain. Maybe not for the patients, but for the medical care providers.

[duaneb]

I agree, but providers (especially recently) have been notoriously poor with pricing. I don't see them making an effort unless the entire industry is forced to reduce costs (which it should, hopefully soon!).