PHRs on Cell Phones?
According to a piece in Health Data Management, Capmed has purchased a company with this technology. Here is the pitch from ICE First: "ICE First is a web- and mobile phone-based
software application that allows you to quickly and easily store and
manage emergency medical information and contact numbers right on your
mobile phone." You can actually download the software from their website based on your wireless provide. Only a $10 fee with $5 per year to maintain data on their website. You can get a sticker for your phone indicating it has emergency information.
Cell phones make sense because of their pervasiveness in the market - this could be more popular that thumb drive PHRs or other devices. The only downside it the potential for losing your phone or running low on battery.
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Cell phones make sense because of their pervasiveness in the market - this could be more popular that thumb drive PHRs or other devices. The only downside it the potential for losing your phone or running low on battery.
Technorati: PHRs
Just a matter of time before they implant a chip under our skin with our complete electronic medical record, right? Actually, I don't think it's that bad of an idea, although I recognize it's scary to some people.
EMR Software Guy,
EMR Software Resources and Information
http://www.electronic-medical-record.blogspot.com
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Dear John!
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Thank you in advance!
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EMR software guy beat me to it, but I was going to say that some type of approach which allowed hospitals to read your information (e.g., via Bluetooth) as you entered the Emergency Room doors would be great.
Embedded chips are scary, but they could save lives. So as to minimize the risk of information being stolen, you could link them (or some other solution) to only give off information if some medical indicators were outside of acceptable parameters.
Smart devices will be another big wave of innovation.
P.S., Thanks for the plug on my new blog.
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