I agree. I forgot who said it but I remember someone said that paranoia is only a heightened sense of reality. There is a sign at U of I that I duplicated for my own computer lab that states: The danger is not that computers may soon be able to think as humans. The real danger is that humans may begin to think as computers. I think that the prudent medical professional should always impeach the data that is being presented. I am sure that all of the Vendor Forum companies will tell you the same thing. If your data looks wrong it probably deserves scrutiny. It is a shame that our government rarely looks at data intelligently. The data only gets the processing without the context. Sylvia Steiger wrote: > Dale Dutcher wrote: > > > I find this discussion a simply fascinating > > example of paranoia that is often attached > > to computers and a person's perceived > > confidentiality or even sovereignty of > > their data. > > I don't consider it paranoia -- numbers are too easy to steal or fake. > People are already losing financially from someone ruining their credit > status, or from the credit bureaus confusing them with someone else, in spite > of the multiple safeguards in place to prevent that. Would you want someone > trying to treat you to pull up your records and incorrectly find that you'd > had your appendix removed? Or that there was no record of a diagnosis of > hypertension, that you've had for years? > > The people who keep records for a living make an alarming number of mistakes, > the thought of the feds (who brought you the IRS) taking on a project this > massive gives me the willies. Reasonable fears are NOT paranoia. > > Sylvia Steiger RN SFNP BS NFPP, Cheyenne Wyoming USA > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SylviaRN > -- Dale Dutcher () Cybermed Immunization System "The Cybermed Immunization System Never Misses an Opportunity to Vaccinate" Visit our web-site today. http://www.asciinc.com (800) ASCIInc (800-272-4462) (919) 362-0676 FAX
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