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Internet Travel Monitor - Technology Bits
January 23, 2008
New Digital Technology Provides Any Healthcare Professional Instant Access to Your Medical Records
For Travelers On the Go, My Med Stick Improves Medical Care
and Reduces Healthcare Costs in Times of Need
LAKELAND, FL – If the people you cared about most were to require immediate medical attention right this minute when traveling away from home, would the emergency medical personnel treating them know their medical history, medications, blood types and special needs? Could they see their X-rays, find their doctors or notify family members?
My Med Stick, developed by Florida-based InfoMed Technologies, uniquely solves these issues by providing instant access to critically important medical information in times of need-information that can dramatically improve care, save lives and reduce healthcare costs.
"While none of us can totally control our future, we can take steps to prepare for certain eventualities," says Kevin Chambers, president of InfoMed Technologies. "In that regard, My Med Stick provides more than peace of mind for those traveling for business or pleasure. It serves as practical and affordable insurance for life's unexpected events."
An innovative software application, My Med Stick is designed to allow you to input important medical and personal information ranging from blood type and prescriptions to insurance information, Power of Attorney and emergency contacts. Once loaded, the stick can be transported via a key chain, wrist bracelet or necklace to medical professionals for additional uploads consisting of EKGs, X-rays, MRIs and other medical image files.
And, importantly, the information is secure thanks to encryption and password protection.
However, in a time of emergency, medical professionals can insert My Med Stick into any Windows-based computer to review emergency medical files to provide the right level of care and treatment.
In short, My Med Stick is for everyone. Young and old. Healthy or ill. Parent or child. Employee or employer.
"The more time we spent developing this product, the more we realized the broad and important applications for its use," said Chambers. "And no audience would seem better suited for My Med Stick than those traveling away from home either on business or vacation. For them, instant access to their complete medical history is just a computer click away."
The list of other potential users of My Med Stick is varied:
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A spouse of someone with a known medical condition.
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A son or daughter going off to college.
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Someone who's deaf or otherwise unable to communicate their personal needs.
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Outdoors enthusiast (runners, cyclists, backpackers, boaters, and more)
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A child's baby sitter
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A grown child's aging parent(s)
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RV Owners
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Joint custody parents.
Copyright 2008 InfoMed Technologies, Inc. All rights
reserved. From http://www.mymedstick.com.
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