January 29, 1999
Washington U. Researchers Test 'Smart Card' for Medical Records
Researchers from Washington University, in St. Louis, are combining Web technology with a microchip-implanted plastic card to try out a system that could make a person's medical records accessible to an authorized physician anywhere on the planet.
The idea behind the system is straightforward: A patient's complete medical records are stored on a secure World-Wide Web server, and the plastic card -- known as a
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