Unfortunately, this is the wave of the future washing down upon us. Us older folks think this is an invasion of privacy and are generally against it. Younger people who grew up with computers think that unlimited data acquisition is a good thing (it isn't). "They" want more and more info, and any info that is stored in a computer can be accessed, hacked, etc. Your med records are NOT safe, and decisions WILL be made that affect you based upon that data, in spite of what "they" say. Employment opportunities or restrictions, insurance actuaries will study it for rate and coverage adjustments, etc. On the other hand, I can visit my Primary Care doctor, and he can immediately view on his laptop a video of a CAT scan I had several years ago, which can make diagnosis much easier. As always, it isn't the data itself that is bad, it is the misguided uses to which it will be put.