It's a complicated question because it is the patient's information.
First of all, this is a dream, the memory stick; this is not a reality yet. And it's a dream that we can collectively, hopefully, have together this afternoon. There needs to be a comprehensive medical record on that medical stick, and it should include, very quickly after the patient sees me, the record of my visit with them that day, and it should be contiguous with all the records, hopefully dating back right to their birth.
In terms of who can access it and to what depth they can access it, and can the patient access it, these are very difficult questions that have to be hashed out. Patients, when they read their own records, can sometimes misinterpret things or be offended. We're very careful in our language, but sometimes they can come back in with concerns about the way things were documented and things like that.
At the same time, not having that information, and particularly if I can't get that information during that very short patient visit—our patient visits are not long, and in my specialty they're 20 minutes—sometimes that guarantees another visit. Many of my patients come from miles and miles away to see me for that critical first visit, so we try to get as much done as can. But if we had that extra information, it would just be so much easier to get more done in a single visit.