As part of the standard preparations for hurricane season, private information technology companies are recommending a dose of their electronic health records systems.
A lesson was learned from Hurricane Katrina where the destruction of medical records for an estimated 1 million Gulf Coast residents is still causing problems for consumers.
Seeking to snare a share of the Florida consumer market, one California company, MyMedicalRecords.com, is offering its electronic medical records service to Florida residents free during hurricane season. A subscription fee will apply after November 30 when hurricane season ends.
Privacy issues are, as always, a concern as are issues relative to the actual accessing of the information during a true emergency.
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Posted at 1:55PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Fog