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It varies from hospital to hospital. I also use the Minerva PHR ap to access my health records on my ipad or mobile device. I am not a big fan of using the internet to store health records because if the CIA cannot keep their information secret, we are all doomed. Health records can of course also be printed out. The flash drive is written to be virus free by the Minerva software.

By the way, Minerva is the Roman Goddess of Wisdom and Medicine, named after my alma mater statue at Columbia University.

No installation is necessary in an ER. It simply uses the default browser and opens the health information as a standard html file.

We are always looking to develop relationships with EMRs that use health information exchanges. Our system is compatible with any of them that choose to share information with us.

I had an appearance on a lump on my leg that grew. The surgery was successful with clean margins, but ct scan showed that the cancer spread to my lungs.

In a strange way, cancer has made me more emotionally open, and in that sense, has been a blessing. By focusing on the positive, I have learned to tolerate the pain. Ironically, I feel the pain most only when people ask me about it. LOL

Unfortunately your observation is accurate. Electronic medical records do not speak to each other because of competition. Our system, a personal health record system, can talk to any EMR that wishes to do so. Exactly the reason patients need to take control of their own health information.

On my thigh. About 9 cm in length