PETALUMA, CA: Noted nutrition author and futurist John Morgenthaler today published his essay, Moving Toward an Open Standard, Universal Health Record on his website http://www.smart-
The essay outlines a bold new future for individual empowerment regarding access and control of health and medical records and assails efforts by Microsoft and Google to dominate the emerging field of internet-based health record storage.
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Clearly, Morgenthaler is ahead of his time and warns we are at a crossroad where individuals must seize the opportunity to regain control of their own health records and, in turn wrestle control away from the insurance and pharmaceutical companies that currently dominate the US health care system. However, he points out that online health record systems put forth by technology giants Microsoft and Google may very well lead us down the wrong path and individual control of health care data could be compromised.
If you would like to read and comment on this groundbreaking look at the future of health care, please visit http://www.smart-
