Especially in an emergency situation, it will be valuable. Patients should keep the password, etc, another challenge for geriatric patients:
"We were delivering babies in the dark, with nothing more than a flashlight," he said. "People with chronic illnesses needed treatment, but they did not know the names of their medications. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4212674.stm) Jae. On 9/3/05, JohnLeo Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this is exactly right. And fairly inevitable, given the > proliferation of multigigabyte personal devices. The concept will be > applicable to our cell phones, palm devices, iPods, laptops... and maybe > toaster ovens. Expect to see "billfold" standards to emerge that will > store many things in a secure but recoverable manner. (The backup > storage agent could be your hospital, doctor, ...or bank.) > > Jim Self wrote: > > To balance privacy issues and accessibility at the point of care, the EMR > > data should be > > given to the patient, ideally in digital format like HTML or XML. It could > > then be carried > > in a memory card or PDA or DVD etc. and/or entrusted to a network based > > agent of the > > patient. That agent would not necessarily have any special medical > > connections, it could > > just be a trusted keeper of data for a person and would not necessarily > > have any > > capabilities beyond holding and serving data. The data could be encrypted > > with a dual key > > scheme like PGP to make it unreadable except to designated receivers. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
