From the article: "A new scientific study validates the workability of a digital
medical-imaging sharing system controlled by patients, not providers.
The study looked at an open-source prototype of the Patient Controlled
Access-key REgistry (PCARE), according to an abstract
published online Aug. 11 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics
Association.
The authors note that the current image-sharing method of patients
hand-carrying CDs puts a burden on patients, while digital sharing networks
coordinated by medical organizations challenge patient privacy." Read more
See also
Ge, Yaorong, et al. "Patient-controlled sharing of medical imaging data across unaffiliated healthcare organizations." Am Med Inform Assoc published online August 11, 2012.
