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Ironically, having it in plain text on a piece of paper in some random doctor’s office is much more secure than having it hashed in some website’s database. P
by jader201 5y ago
Ironically, having it in plain text on a piece of paper in some random doctor’s office is much more secure than having it hashed in some website’s database.
Possibly even more secure than that same doctor having it in their system.
- silisili 5y agoGood point. But realize it's only on that paper for a few mins before being typed into their system. Doctor's offices are so archaic at times. Only a handful let me do the forms online in advance. And even those have more paper for me to waste when I arrive.
- undersuit 5y agoA public system to enter data into, probably some sort of SAS or COT for most practices, has got to introduce far more insecurities than having the clerical staff enter it into the same backend the public system has to interact with.
- georgyo 5y agoDumpster diving is a thing. In almost all cases, someone is entering what you hand wrote into a system; and then they discard the paper copy. If they shred it that's great, but dumpster diving at medical offices has made the news many many times.