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New Internet Service Allows Access to Emergency Medical Records

NeoTrax, Inc., a company located in Pleasanton, CA, has recently announced the launch of PersonalMD.com (http://www.personalmd.com), which they are billing as the world's first Internet-based service that could save lives in an emergency and enable people to better manage their health.

A key component of PersonalMD.com is PersonalMD-ER, promoted as the only Web-based emergency medical service that can give emergency physicians immediate access to an individual's health information virtually anywhere in the world.

A press release distributed by the company states, "Emergency room physicians' lack of access to vital patient health information, including drug allergies, current medications, and health conditions, has been one of the shortcomings of a U.S. health care delivery system that sees more than 100 million emergency patient visits a year. Lives have been lost or serious medical problems have developed simply because doctors did not have the patient information they needed. But with PersonalMD-ER, patients traveling across town, out of state, or out of the country can make this vital health information immediately available to physicians."

To use this free service, individuals simply enter the health information they want kept in a confidential, secure file at PersonalMD.com. A personalized PersonalMD-ER Emergency Card is then sent to the member, which he or she carries at all times. In an emergency, the health information can be made available, with the individual's permission and access code, to ER physicians by Web or fax. In addition, paramedics, who are trained to search for important health information, can relay the PersonalMD-ER Emergency Card information to ER doctors from the field in advance.

For more information about PersonalMD.com, go to http://www.personalmd.com, or call Ratan Tipirneni at NeoTrax at (925) 460-9082.