At every stage, Mr. Keating, a 26-year-old doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology’s Media Lab, has pushed and prodded to get his medical information, collecting an
estimated 70 gigabytes of his own patient data by now. His case points to what medical experts say
could be gained if patients have had full and easier access to their medical information. Betterinformed
patients, they say, are more likely to take better care of themselves.