Medical history moving to the Web as feds push for more records online

Medical history moving to the Web as feds push for more records online: "Anne Perlman is in the vanguard of patients using computers to manage their medical care. She goes online to schedule an appointment with her doctor at the Palo Alto, Calif., Medical Foundation, update her vaccination record, even review results of her lab tests.
Recently, feeling curious about whether she needed more tests several years after a benign biopsy for breast cancer, she re-read her detailed biopsy report online and felt reassured.
'It was very comforting,' said Perlman, a 51-year-old former CEO who lives in Menlo Park, Calif., and now consults for high-tech companies. 'I feel like I've been able to be much more proactive with things like figuring out for myself what's the right schedule for a physical.'"