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disaster tip: keep your medical records on a thumb drive!

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Uploaded by on Sep 7, 2007

Many people suffered even more during and after Katrina because their medical records were destroyed. Ask your doctor if all or part of your record is available in digital form. Download (and encrypt it, or use one of new thumb drives with built-in security) to a thumbdrive attached to your keychain, and you'll always have it with you

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  • Great tip, but if you loose your keys, someone has all your medical records.. perhaps some encryption should be recommended, or the drive should be stored somewehre a bit safer..

  • Good point -- I meant to make it -- I'll blog about some new thumb drives that come with built-in encryption.

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  • Yeah, here doctor i was prescribed weed for my back pains...can i get some now please....heres my thumb drive LOL

  • I recommend TrueCrypt or some other stealth encryption for all your personal info, which lets a thief see just a few ordinary unencrypted files. You should definitely have a secure backup, perhaps on a CD in a safety deposit box or home safe.

    Keep in mind that there are many different formats for DMR files, and if you have more than one MD, they will probably have different formats.

    Also, keep in mind that you should update them (all?) on a regular basis, perhaps every couple of visits.

  • Not a bad idea...... BUT you might want to be careful because if they get wet you could lose your stuff!

  • way to go David - GREAT IDEA!

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