Flash Drive Bracelets

At my hospital a trial is in progress with patients that have a detailed medical history are given their own flash drive. This flash drive has all the patients up to date info that doctors can access and review without having the parents go through the child's history. The drive is updated each time they come to the hospital and the parents can access the information at home. Three separate passwords are used. So if the flash drive is lost no one will be able to access it. One password for the doctors to review information, one for an "administrator" to change info and one for the parents to view the info at home and are unable to make any changes to the documents.



I think in the future all patients will have a personal flash drive, not just patients with significant medical history.

Are you ready for your own flash drive bracelet?

For more information and how to obtain your own please visit:
http://medicalflashdrive.net/









picture of flash drive bracelet

Is this the future we are looking at?

Our we more advanced then we think we are? To think the first computer system used in nursing was in 1963. We have come a long way as viewed by this detailed time line of computers and nursing http://www.duke.edu/~goodw010/AMIA/Timelinerefs.html
Should Your Medical Files Be On The Internet?
Is too much of our own personal medical history out there? Ever think you would be able access all your own medical records online? Well the answer is YES!!! Is this the future of informatics in nursing? please watch this clip

It's nice to know all of this information is easily accessible when you are the one that is reading it. But it's scary to know that all of that very personal information may or can be out there for others too see due to the fact that systems are not secure.