Emergency Information

Federal Practitioner
Chatham, NJ
September 1, 1999

A patient arrives in your emergency department, in need of immediate attention. Do you have all the information you need to treat him effectively? If he has registered with PersonalMD.com, the answer is yes. Through its "emergency card" program, PersonaMD allows clinicians to access patients' medical records in the event of a medical emergency. While the card itself contains vital information such as the patient's primary care physician, blood type, allergies, and contact information, it also instructs clinicians on how to retrieve the patient's complete medical history, either by internet or fax. In addition to the emergency card, the site offers spotlight articles, access to a drug database and a health encyclopedia, and allows visitors to post questions to practitioners in a variety of fields, or visit "health centers" on topics ranging from cardiac care to alternative medicine.

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