lol, have you seen how the "paper data" is managed at the moment? The hospital I am working in has any number of Health Records stacked in corners of offices, under desks, etc, and I am sure this is not an isolated case. I am not surprised that any number of people are seen without their proper records (clinical risk, anyone?) when they are so randomly looked after. While I can see that there may be different risks involved with online records, I would welcome them being available, at the very least, when and where they are needed. As for security: if the interweb was such a terrible place for security, people wouldn't use it every day for purchases. Axy