Medical Records

SHOULD GOOGLE ORGANIZE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS

Case Study

Concepts highlighted And StakeHolders

Organization of medical records has always been a challenge to both the care givers as well as for the researchers in medical field .The concepts discussed in detailed in this case study is issues that have been there for quite some time . The introduction of any application that involves dissemination of information has always led to an outcry over issues of security and privacy

In this case study the development of an online electronic health application by Google

is one of the concepts brought forward . Google has come up with the idea of developing an application by the name Google health . This application will have the capacity to store the collected information as well as help in getting information on medical facilities as well as doctors in a particular area (Laudon , 2007

In addition , according to Laudon , security and privacy of individuals using the Google health application is also a concern in this chapter This concern is mainly due to the fact that this stored information may lead to the loss of insurance cover or even jobs . This is further highlighted due to the fact that there is still no rigid legislation in place against such kinds of crimes as illegal access of personal information

In this case study the poor storage and lack of sharing of information by the core givers is also on issue . The use of paper form of storage that is both chaotic as...