
Existing
information systems offer only partial or inadequate solutions. Numerous
web-based systems allow patients to store and request personal medical
information. However, because such information is provided by patients,
its content cannot be trusted by physicians as of liability reasons. A reliable system
must contain data input by medical professionals to be verified by
their digital signatures.
Some
island solution like systems,
such as "smart card networks", contain information entered
by qualified personnel working within a specific medical organization,
but lack interoperability with outside providers.
The
GlobalMed-ID System offers a total solution.