Market expansion for medical record 'smart card.'(Columbia/HCA)

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Columbia/HCA has reportedly become the first healthcare company to embrace smart-card technology, in the form of wallet-sized cards that contain patients' medical records. The company has purchased 50,000 optical memory cards, which cost about $5 apiece and are used with a $3,000 optical laser reader/writer. The cards can contain up to 2,000 pages of medical information. Detailed plans for the issue of the cards have not been announced, but Columbia Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point, FL, is reportedly preparing the cards for a pilot program.

Magnetic Cards, Magnetic and Optical Recording Media Manufacturing, Electronic components, not elsewhere classified, Usage, COL, HCA Inc., Smart cards

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Combining elderly patients' needs with shifting resources

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Physicians are increasingly becoming actively involved in decisions affecting the quality of care for elderly patients. Physicians need to develop and provide a range of negotiating, advising and creative thinking skills for patients and their families when considering the variety of options. Resolving patient care problems early in the decision making process can help avoid further complications in the future.

Care and treatment, Physicians, Medical professions, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Aged patients, Elderly patients

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