Comment by vonklaus | Hacker News Reader

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* A personalized search engine.

* portable software that is in a usb that stores your medical records. The problem is that all medical records are disaggregated and you have to bring them everywhere with you and the systems are incompatable. However, if you made a portable system agnostic applicaation using something like electron and sqllite that allowed your doctor (or any doctor) to run it when diagnosing or taking patient history, then he gives it back when completed that would be awesome. Could export files for doctors records. even files woul dbe upgrade on their end, as currently I had to fax over my records but also show up and bring them in person because that was unreliable(possibly because it is half centrury old tech). probably hipaa compliant as you would be responsible(but in control) of your data. would payoff big in 5 years whne personalized medicine is a thing. can't do it on mobile because it would be too vulnerable, must interface with anything with USB.

A kid I went to high school with created this company Biyo[1] that plans to extend their service to many different fields, including medical, for purposes like this. You no longer will have to fill out medical forms when going to different doctors, no more dropping off cd's or usb's of xrays or other tests to other doctors. I can definitely see this getting to the point where you don't even have to go to the doctors to get access to your medical information. These devices can be placed around town to use like ATMs,and can even replace an ATM.

Your signature would also be nearly impossible to fake, and somebody can't just cut off your hand to impersonate you because that would destroy the signature as well.

[1] http://biyowallet.com

And how would this work if you are unconscious and found by a stranger? I'd like a centralized database containing my medical info with a way for doctors to immediately know relevant info and to be reminded off possible oversights. I have had two family members suffer from doctor oversights and inability to access information.

basically the same way. the system would still be balkanized and terrible, but you would have a full searchable copy. it would basically be the equiv of itunes. you bring it to all youdt docs and u put your records on it, then they keep them to(like they do now) but you have a program that generates visual correlations.

you could also use it to interface with healthkit and fitbit. all data one place.

what if you were unconscious?

i imagine it in a bracelet with emergency contact with password. not 100% sure. the medical system should have your files anyway, but it is hard to balance privacy with a total stranger finding you in a state where you cant communicate. not sure what they do now, presumably treat with as much info as they could get from the person.

Why does privacy matter? What is it protecting against? Medical record privacy has caused millions if not billions in lost productivity. People are probably dying because of this. Coming from a country that has centralized digital access to medical records (Taiwan), the US obsession with medical record privacy seems insane.

After living a long time and experiencing the medical issues with family that I have experienced. .. I agree with you. The privacy fear is actually related to employmemt.. a fear employers will not hire you if you have medical issues.

Yep, I'd be interested in trying to fund an open source gds replacement as well.

I really really hope you mean google desktop search.

Yes, that's what I meant.

Bunch of .txt files and notepad++ would do the trick, no?

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