Many taas for your insights Shyaku. From the science particle:
Accurate medical recordkeeping is a major challenge in many low-resource settings where well-maintained centralized databases do not exist
It seems to fall into the category of the third world record keeping, as it says on the tin. Regarding the first world etc. your analogy with mobile phones may be applicable. I wouldn't like it though. It has too many connotations associated with Big Brother scenario (never mind the sign of the Beast : )).