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Patient Just Wants To See Data From His Implanted Medical Device

Posted by timothy on from the crazy-hippie-pirate-moocher dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Hugo Campos got an implanted cardiac defibrillator shortly after collapsing on a BART train platform. He wants access to the data wirelessly collected by the computer implanted in his body, but the manufacturer says No. It seems weird that a patient can't get access to data about his own heart. Hugo and several medical device engineers are responding to live Q/A on Sunday night on such topics via ACM MedCOMM webcast at ACM SIGCOMM."

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  1. You also have the right to *not* be a dick. by Brannon · · Score: 0, Troll

    You chose not to exercise that right. If it was me, I would have given you the records but along with them a little speech about how civilized people act in a civilized society. The speech wouldn't be for you--it would be for the benefit of your poor embarrassed son in the hope that he wouldn't grow up to be a huge dick like you.