I recently switched carriers because I wanted an electronic records system (among other reasons). I have worked with confidential files long enough to know they are only as confidential as the people handling them. Originals left in the copy machine, papers set down and forgotten, wrong papers clipped together - happens all the time.

I like that if I am sent to a specialist I do not have to repeat all the same information - it is right there. I like that I get the results of all my test electronically. I may not know what everything means - but I can ask my doctor if I see something "out of range." It makes me feel more in control than "Doctor Knows Best."

Now they just need to make keyboarding a mandatory class in medical school!