"Your Medical Record in Your Wallet"

I spoke with a colleague of mine today, Todd Oldfield. He is working with a fantastic new product. I called him after an e-mail he sent to me because I thought that it was a great companion to medical travel. This product is an electronic card that stores all of an individual's medical information in one place. Imagine travelling overseas for surgery and having to make several calls back to various physicians in your own country because the overseas physician needed more information. With this product, you carry your medical records with you everywhere (and not just overseas).

What a fantastic way to ensure coordination of care when you have multiple physicians. I can't tell you how many times I had patients that were receiving contradictory treatments from doctors because either the healthcare providers didn't communicate or the patient failed to tell their healthcare provider that they were receiving a different treatment for the same illness. (Unfortunately I believe it is usually the latter, patients don't know that every physician needs to know everything in which they are receiving treatment-but then, the healthcare provider also doesn't routinely ask about all other physician treatments either).

I took the below information from Todd's website. Please visit his web-site, it is listed below.

"More people die from medical errors each year than from colon cancer and breast cancer combined. The easiest way for you to protect yourself from these errors is to insure that the medical staff treating you have the most up to date, and accurate information possible, when you need it. LifeTrack allows you to have this information with you at all times.

The LifeTrack software has much more functionality than just a personal health record. It allows you to securely store information that you would need in the event of an emergency. You can store financial information and other critical information. You can also store information about your kids including photos and information on their after school activities. This could save precious time in the event they were missing."

www.lifetrackllc.com/toddoldfield