Oh ya, sure, great... Let Microsoft manage and secure your medical history. Sounds about as good as letting Windows auto-pilot passenger jets. Super! Here's the latest for all you MS True Believers from Redmond's MS-Ruin-Your-Life department.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/04nd-soft.html
"The company.s consumer health offering includes a personal health record, as well as Internet search tailored for health queries, under the name Microsoft HealthVault (www.healthvault.com).
"The personal information, Microsoft said, will be stored in a secure, encrypted database. Its privacy controls, the company said, are set entirely by the individual, including what information goes in and who gets to see it. The HealthVault searches are conducted anonymously, Microsoft said, and will not be linked to any personal information in a HealthVault personal health record."
And to make matter worse, the system will transfer data automatically!
"Microsoft does not expect most individuals to type in much of their own health information into the Web-based record. Instead, the company hopes that individuals will give doctors, clinics and hospitals permission to directly send into their HealthVault record information like medicines prescribed or, say, test results showing blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
"Such data transfers, Mr. Neupert said, would then be automatic, over the Internet, which is why the partnerships are so important."
Wow! This is nearly as bad an idea as MS-Wallet! 'Cause you know, when I think computer security, I think Microsoft! Just think of the fun everyone will have breaking in to this... I say "breaking in" but probably all you'll have to do to browse other people's data is backup over the URL and enter different paths, as has been the case with similar MSFT offerings. I think MS-Bob is in charge of product development.
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