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February, 2012
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‘Invisible bracelet’ for emergency health alerts?

“Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation’s ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient’s health history during a crisis — and which can immediately text-message loved ones that the person is headed for a hospital.
The Web-based registry, invisibleBracelet.org, started in Oklahoma and got a boost this fall when the state’s government made the program an optional health benefit for its own employees.”

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Lauran Neergaard, Boston Globe, 22 December 2009

23 December 2009 | Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Alert/Reminder, emergency, Health Information, Health Information Technology, Smart Card, Web
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