Egyptian startup tackles the critical healthcare issue of quick IDing

  • Date: 08-Nov-2020
  • Source: SME10X
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Egypt
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Egyptian startup tackles the critical healthcare issue of quick IDing

For Saad, the incident immediately sparked the idea of doing something that would make people's health records readily available to a medical team in case of an emergency, regardless of a patient's mental state, socio-economic status, or the presence of a social support system."Health records are either electronic or paper-based. Both are usually kept at the hospital and are not typically available with the patient whenever he or she presents to another medical provider in case of an emergency,“ he says.The portability of medical records is a problem that extends beyond Egypt and the MENA region. Even in developed countries - including the United States, where electronic medical recording is far more widely adopted - the exchange of patients' medical records between different healthcare systems is a complex and inefficient