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Scary, Yet Real: Medical Records Database Would Span a Lifetime

Candice Lombardi writes on C|Net News:

Five major companies have joined forces and invested in what appears to be the ultimate personal medical-records database.

Applied Materials, BP America, Intel, Pitney Bowes and Wal-Mart Stores have sunk an undisclosed amount of money into the Omnimedix Institute, a nonprofit organization that developed and will manage the database, called "Dossia."

Dossia, which in 2007 will be made available to the companies' 2.5 million U.S. employees, dependents and retirees, will hold medical records from multiple sources for a person over their entire lifetime. The database could include test results and medical evaluations from various doctors' offices, hospitals and pharmacies.

posted by Fergie @ 12/06/2006 05:42:00 PM