Tony Grivell wrote:
> One attractive option that goes some way to satisfy the above ideals > is to have any particular data exist in only one primary location > (backed up, of course), and therefore the total record "scattered" > potentially around the world. The patient-held e-card (also backed up > somewhere?) carries the _index_ to these locations/data, as well as > being the physical part of a "key" that allows access to this data, > and maybe also carrying some portion of the data (at least a summary > of key events and critical information such as serious allergies, > medication etc) whether it could even carry a reliable index of these locations is doubtful in my mind - people are too forgetful, they won't usually make the effort. But the critical information should of course be there. Most critical info is fairly non-volatile and does not need to be updated that often (current medications the probable exception). - thomas - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
