Host: Why should I carry my medical information with me?
Barbara Ficarra: It's really, really important for patients to take charge of their health. They can simply go to healthin30.com, download a medical form, fill it out, carry it in their wallet, and they're safe.
If in case of an emergency, they have it, they can pull it out, give it to the doctor or nurse and all their information is there. Because sometimes when patients are in a hospital, it can be really scary and overwhelming and they don't remember the simple information but by having everything written down, it's there for them and nothing will get missed.
They will have their diagnosis done, if they have had any past hospitalizations, it'll have a list of medications that patients were taking. So, doctors and nurses know, so communication can continue throughout the process and it can help the and really save their life.
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