Your health records on a USB Flash Card
Here’s one of those things that sounds like it should be convenient but it’s also a bit scary. The Wallet MediCard allows you to essentially carry your medical history in your pocket. It’s a wallet sized USB Flash Card and you can carry everything you might ever need for any medical situation.
This, on the one hand, sounds really convenient. If you’re traveling, you can have all your records anywhere you go in case of the horrible chance that you get ill or injured while you’re away from home.
But it’s a lot of sensitive information being carried around on a card that anyone with a card reader can see if you lose it or have it stolen. It just doesn’t sound safe. It’s a great idea in theory but they’ll need to come up with something a little more secure before I’m ready to use something like that.
What do you think? Is it something you’d use?
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2 opinions for Your health records on a USB Flash Card
Globus
Mar 27, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Globus wouldn’t endorse this. It’s too scarily close to big brother watching us. Protect our freedom!
Davis Austin
Sep 19, 2008 at 4:33 pm
USB Flash Cards for Health Records is an excellent idea. Security was my biggest concern until I found Card4Life, a USB Card that is secure, comprehensive and reliable. Check it out at http://www.card4life.net
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