Kaiser Permanente Encrypted Flash Drive for Personal Medical Information Storage
Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California have the option to purchase an encrypted USB flash drive for $5…
Kaiser Permanente Introduces Portable Electronic Medical Records (press release)
The drive does not contain a complete medical record but does include the following information:
– Patient demographics, including age, gender and ethnicity
– Language preferences
– Contact information for family and friends
– Primary care physician(s) info
– Active medical problem lists
– Allergies
– Immunization records
– Lab results from the past year
– Medications prescribed or refilled in the past year
– Clinic visit information with diagnoses and procedures in the past year
– Hospitalizations with diagnoses and procedures
– Most recent EKGs and chest X-rays — both readings and images
Its purpose is to let Kaiser members carry their medical information with them when traveling.
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