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Percival P. Cassidy Percival P. Cassidy is offline
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Default OT How long is it going to take before everyone uses the sameforms?

On 11/03/11 01:01 am, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:

Anyway.....................the point is, there should be a standard
form for medical history.


If I'm not mistaken, the feds are already requiring the portability of medical
records, so you can probably ask all of your doctors for digital copies of all
of your records and carry it around on a cd/dvd or flash drive


But the information may still be laid out differently on different
providers' forms, and some might want information that is not on other
providers' forms.

A TV program a few years ago about health care around the world showed
the medical ID/insurance card used in Taiwan: they swipe the card and
immediately know your whole medical history and the meds you are taking.
Get out of the dark ages, USA.

Perce