BMJ  2008;336:1147 (24 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.39583.756933.3A

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Electronic health records

Massive change is driven by generations X and Y

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Microsoft’s HealthVault and Google Health are on the cusp, but more and massive changes may be expected in the future. It is not just health records that consumers are wanting access to. They want to know about similar patients and more information on their drug combinations. Patients like me (www.patientslikeme.com/), DoubleCheckMD (www.doublecheckmd.com/), PharmaSurveyor (www.pharmasurveyor.com), and Drug Interaction Database Online (https://druginteractions.epnet.com/) allow individuals (and doctors) to mine huge amounts of information to assess their own drug combinations.

I disagree with Kidd in that I do not think the NHS’s Connecting for Health initiatives, the summary care record and HealthSpace, are too little too late.¹ This space is fluid and fast moving and, currently, personally controlled health records and consumer empowerment will continue to grow exponentially.^{2 3}

I agree with Kidd, however, that with increased use of technology and the internet in the community, the . . . [Full text of this article]

¹ University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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