Medicine, Taxation, and Identity in Cyberspace

There are innumerable benefits to digitized record-keeping. I can’t say enough about the benefits of correlation and collation of information that could be gained from taking information off of paper and moving it into computers. For health information, the potential benefits are incredible and could markedly advance individual well-being. The portability and accessibility of electronic records alone, not to mention the visualization and mining of trends, association between care and outcomes, and the effectiveness of diagnosis, treatment, and costs, all stand to benefit patients and their health.
But as health records move to digitization, some individuals are taking an opportunity to commit fraud, due to weaknesses in the system. There are risks that exist with paper records that could be mitigated by digitized records, but once healthcare organizations digitize, new risks can arise.