EMI puts your medical history on a digital business card

While having your entire catalog of medical issues on your person at all times would sure come in handy if your GPS leads you into a body of water or you get mangled by a Japanese Land Walker, implanting an RFID data chip underneath your skin could (understandably) sound a bit extreme. While digital medical records and emergency panic buttons are certainly swell, EMI's 911 rCard places every quirk and prior health issue you've ever had onto a single wallet-sized card, which can be viewed immediately by any medical personnel that would need pertinent information statinum. The "vivid, full color LCD" can display everything from medical charts to photos / text describing the patient's history, and sports a built-in battery that can handle "about two hours" of constant viewing before it needs recharging. Boasting USB connectivity, users can continually update and upload new information from their EMI web portal onto the rCard, including any mild injuries sustained during last week's campouts. The 911 rCard is available now for $79.95, which includes a USB cable / charger and the first year of website access, while additional years of data storage and interfacing will run you $20.

[Via EverythingUSB]

[dave @ Nov 23rd 2006 2:43PM]

It needs one more thing -- biometric security (like a finger/thumbprint reader).

[Paul @ Nov 23rd 2006 3:12PM]

Unless it is waterproof then scrap this concept completely.

[Drew @ Nov 23rd 2006 3:42PM]

You would think that they'd spell "maintenance" properly on their screenshot.

[tyler @ Nov 23rd 2006 3:44PM]

Hmm, how thick is this thing- it may be useful for other things than medical information. It may have some hackable potential inside :)

[Ethan Chaleff @ Nov 23rd 2006 4:11PM]

As an EMT, this would certainly be nice if more people carried it, i mean thos bracelets can only carry so much information, as long as they have something to say it is in their wallet, and yeah waterproof.

[Ryan @ Nov 23rd 2006 4:48PM]

How is this better than printing medical information on durable waterproof material (valeron?) and storing it in a wallet or on a bracelet / neclace in perhaps a little sealed stainless steel container? It'd be far more durable, cheaper, and you wouldn't have to worry about charging the battery.. or problems that could arrise if you got the device wet or cracked the lcd screen. Maybe if you had medical problems and doses of medicine that changed on a DAILY basis, the electronic tag could be updated easier. Otherwise I don't see a point to this (except to hack for another use).

[BT Hathaway @ Nov 23rd 2006 8:00PM]

Is this a legitimate company? I tried leaving my contact information on their site and it kept looping back. I love the idea but for a company I'm supposed to trust with my medical information, something's wrong.

[john hassler @ Nov 24th 2006 6:12PM]

This sounds great, but is it available in Canada?

[Tina @ Dec 4th 2006 6:12AM]

Ypu are a bit optimistic. I would love to have in my life just what you sugested.