Risks
denied insurance coverage
discrimination by employers
raise healthcare costs
loss of privacy
loss of integrity
targeted by marketeers
cross link to other databases (DMV, banks, video store rentals, FBI)
inject junk to descrease reliability
Access control can mitigate these items.
Benefits
access during emergency
lower healthcare costs
I can access my own medical records
job security for UCD seclabers
new business selling fake ids
check for conflicting treatments
New policy
patients can find out who has accessed their information.
Approaches
water marking medical records.