Think About Putting All Your Medical Records on One Site

Imagine that absolutely all of your medical records, including your prescriptions, are on one specific Web site that can be accessed in an emergency. This site would have your X-rays, lab tests, physical exams, medications and other critical healthcare data available instantly. Doctors and other healthcare professionals -- with your permission using a temporary password-- could instantly access that site and, where appropriate, update it with your latest tests, exams, prescriptions or other medical data. You could travel anywhere in the world, yet your complete medical history would be available to you or your caregivers as needed.

We currently have the technology to do this. In fact, Google has joined with the famous Cleveland Clinic in what seems to be a pilot program to store medical records. But it's still just a pipedream for most everyone else. There are a lot of positives to this idea.... But there is always another side and, if it is like other technology initiatives, we won't know what that is until it becomes widespread. Would love to hear your comments as this is most certainly a wave of the future.

Comments

[Brent]

As medical tourism is becoming a very popular alternative to US health care, this type of product/service will become more widely used. Personalized medical data about the patient will need to be in an electronic format and easily accessible.