Over on The Economist, you can read a point/counterpoint between Peter Neupert and Dr. Deborah Peel on:
This house believes that any loss of privacy from digitising health care will be more than compensated for by the welfare gains from increased efficiency.
Cast your vote and/or join the debate there!
What’s wrong with a patient centred IT focus where the patient is empowered with both health and privacy decision making? Without sufficient patient autonomy for patients to make decisions about their own information and care do they not become merely the subjects to be moved through the system without volition?
Increased efficiency looks great on paper, but in practice, we may see something different.
Patients need to be informed, especially when it concerns their own health. But inefficient decisions can still be made…and often are.