Health Smart allows participating medical personnel
to respond to a patient's needs more effectively
because pertinent information is immediately
available when and where it is needed.
A credit card-sized plastic smart card embedded
with a computer chip that contains the personal,
medical and insurance information needed most
in a medical setting. The cards can be read
by Smart Card readers carried in participating
emergency response vehicles and by PC-based
readers located in participating hospital emergency
rooms, physician offices, clinics, pharmacies,
and retirement facilities.
Participants carry the card with them at all
times, giving medical personnel immediate access
to their concise medical history, current medications,
allergies, the names and telephone numbers of
family or friends, and other information necessary
for medical treatment decisions.
