How can smart card technology improve critical / emergency care?
Smart cards enable the immediate identification of a patient and access to the patient’s medical record, regardless of whether or not the patient is conscious or too flustered to accurately convey the entire medical picture, or if language barriers impede effective communication. Overall, patients can benefit from improved and faster treatment and medical care. From the hospital’s perspective, smart cards offer additional value, as they enable effective management and coordination of care from the first responders through the emergency room department and potential transition to inpatient care. A smart card, accessed by a portable reader, can provide vital medical data to a first responder at the scene or en route to the hospital.
