Medical Smart Cards (via comp-privacy)

[Peter Marshall <techdiff@ix.netcom.com>]

From: <levine@blatz.cs.uwm.edu>
Date: 27 Jan 1999 15:20:52 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Medical Smart Cards

Taken from CPSR-GLOBAL Digest 978

MEDICAL SMART CARDS GET CHECK UP AT WASHINGTON U.  Researchers at
Washington University are testing a "smart card" capable of accessing
a patient's complete medical records stored on a secure Web site.
Each card requires a confidential password to gain access to the
cardholder's record.  Alternatively, a physician would use a card
that supplies access to the records of all of his or her patients.
A test of the system is planned, involving 250 pregnant women at
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.  Half will use the electronic
record system, and half will use paper records.  If successful,
the electronic record system, which relies on an Internet connection
and a $75 card reader, could be implemented in other medical
settings.  (Chronicle of Higher Education 29 Jan 99)