tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post5844866916291973917..comments2023-08-24T08:30:25.608-07:00Comments on Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You: Personal Health Record, Vital to Personalized MedicineSteve Murphy MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-61867743137671620722009-03-30T13:59:00.000-07:002009-03-30T13:59:00.000-07:00My name is Kevin Hauser and I am the Director of N...My name is Kevin Hauser and I am the Director of New Business Development for MedeFile International. I had come across your blog " Personal Health Record, Vital to Personalized Medicine" in doing some research. I believe MedeFile exemplifies what your are tring to educate patients about.<br>In brief, MedeFile is an electronic medical records management service that collects, digitizes, stores, and organizes all of our member's ACTUAL medical records. MedeFile gives you the member, the ability to access your complete medical history 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from virtually anywhere in the world. In addition, we provide each full MedeFile member with a MedeDrive. The MedeDrive is a portable USB device that works with any Windows based PC. This device simply plugs in to a USB port and instantly auto loads that member's vital emergency information (Allergies, Medications, Medical Alerts, Emergency Contacts, etc). The MedeDrive also has a password protected area that contains all of that member's ACTUAL medical records as well. Our system also provides for the storage of Advanced Directives (living Wills, DNR's, Health Care Proxies) The MedeDrive does NOT require any internet connection, and can be updated anytime with no additional charges. We have been featured on various news segments with regard to the devastating Hurricanes we have seen in the recent years. MedeFile may also qualify as a medical expense under a Medical Information Plan in IRS Publication 502. <br><br>It is important to note that MedeFile does all of the daunting leg work of collecting records for our clients, this way they can focus on being healthy. <br><br>I urge you to visit our website at www.medefile.com for more information. Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have. Thank you in advance.Kevin hauserhttp://www.medefile.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-65459146779508882312009-03-31T21:26:00.000-07:002009-03-31T21:26:00.000-07:00The "industry standard" for "privac...The "industry standard" for "privacy" for health records is a shelf of loose paper populated by near-minimum wage employees. That is the ground for any conversation about patient records.<br><br>I just want to publicly state that because it would be annoying to have this post thrown back in my face someday.<br><br><b>Google security</b>: "Although, with the security problems that Google has been having lately, I imagine perhaps a record stored on your USB may be superior......Maybe.....I am not certian about that."<br><br>Probably not. You can safely ignore these story about Google's security compromise ---it's only a story at all because Google's technological sophistication is so ridiculously superior that any perception of a breach seems like a story by comparison. Google is so confident ---even arrogant--- about their security that they'll announce breaches publicly. For any other company, this would be considered an exacerbation of the security exploit.<br><br>Regarding your examples: the Gmail story is a nothing, and the TechCrunch re-report about the Google Documents bug is a very minor breach that at its worst only meant a tiny fraction of users had possibly exposed a document for a short period of time with a person that they had previously shared a document.<br><br><b>USB Thumbdrive</b>: Imagine this women handed you a scratched floppy disk. She tells you (in person, in the busy ED) that the disk is encrypted, and that she's not sure what the password is, but she thinks that the password is "password 1 with a zero" or maybe she changed it. Oh, and you need special software to read the disk. Fortunately, she's helpfully brought a box of floppy disks so that you can install it.<br><br>Have fun with that, Steve.Andrewnoreply@blogger.com