What is GlobalPatientRecord™?
GlobalPatientRecord™ is your personal, online, health record which is completely secure & confidential. It is an intelligent system that will notify you of health check-ups as recommended by the American Medical Association. It is an online, health chart that follows you through life and notifies you when checkups are needed based upon your age, gender and medical history. It is never too late to begin a health record on yourself or your elders and children. GlobalPatientRecord™ :

• helps you take better care of yourself and the ones you love.
• saves you time and aggravation
• is under your control and management
• available anytime, anywhere
• secure and (HIPPA) compliant
• convenient and easy to use
• keeps you prepared, informed and protected

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Why is becoming a member of GlobalPatientRecord™ important?
GlobalPatientRecord™ is important because it reduces medical errors, prevents possible illnesses and can enhance the quality of patient care. You will be more informed, in more control over your health and medical information. If your doctor uses CareData™, then GlobalPatientRecord™ provides interactive notifications and alerts that help you receive better care for yourself and from your provider. You can create, manage and share your personal health information with your physician, or another care giver in case of an emergency. Other features of an GlobalPatientRecord are as follows:

• Secure email and Online Consultation with your doctor
• Secure email “Reason for Visit” form which will eliminate paperwork upon your visit and provide an update of your current medications, dosages and complaints.
• Reminders for your next check-ups (scheduled or non-scheduled)
• Reminders to keep your GlobalPatientRecord™ current
• Ability to access the GlobalPatientRecord™ in an emergency
• Ability to share your health record with family members and loved ones
• Your medical history and health information stored in one place and accessible from anywhere and at any time
• A convenient GlobalPatientRecord™ wallet card that provides emergency contact information and directions to access your GlobalPatientRecord™
• Build a GlobalPatientRecord™ for your children, spouse, aging parents and yourself!
• GlobalPatientRecord™ keeps all important medical information in one place
• GlobalPatientRecord™ gives the ability to access information in an emergency
• GlobalPatientRecord™ gives the ability to more easily share information with your doctor

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Who controls GlobalPatientRecord™ and who is protecting the privacy of my personal health data?
The privacy of GlobalPatientRecord™ will be overseen by CareData Patient Tracking Systems Corporation. Your health information is securely stored on the CareData network, which cannot be sold or provided to any third parties without your permission. Your medical information is available to you via the Internet, but highly secure; just as online banking and online stock accounts are available via the Internet but secure and only accessible by you using a user ID and password. Each member account has multiple encryption to protect your record at all times.
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Who can view my GlobalPatientRecord™ and how do I know who has seen it?
You have total control on who has access to your GlobalPatientRecord™. Only you provide access privileges to doctors, family members or emergency personnel. You can see a list of anyone who has accessed your GlobalPatientRecord™ so that you can monitor its use.
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Who should be a member of the GlobalPatientRecord™?
Absolutely everyone should have a GlobalPatientRecord™. While you or a family member may not have major medical conditions, there is basic information that should be accessible for any patient at any time. This would include insurance information, allergies, medications and dosages, vaccinations, emergency contact information. In addition, the GlobalPatientRecord™ provides health and wellness tips and reminders. If you or a family member takes medication or has medical conditions, then GlobalPatientRecord™ is needed even more.
Thousands of men and women, young and old across the globe have already built a GlobalPatientRecord™ for themselves or for a family member or loved one. Even companies have started to offer the GlobalPatientRecord™ as an added benefit to their employees.

What happens to my GlobalPatientRecord™ if I move or change jobs, insurance plans, providers, etc.?
GlobalPatientRecord™ is independent of where you live, work or receive medical care. You can grant access to your new doctors even if you move or change jobs.
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What if I don't fill out all the information right now? How can I update or make changes to GlobalPatientRecord™?
Once you have created your personal Health Record, you can make any changes or updates as needed. You have complete control to your record at all times.
For GlobalPatientRecord™ to work most effectively, you must provide complete information. Your GlobalPatientRecord™ will send you a quarterly reminder to keep your record current.

How does this information get to those who need it and when they need it, such as in the case of an emergency?
You control access to your GlobalPatientRecord™, and decide who is permitted to view your record, and for what period of time that access is granted. Your authorization will continue until you revoke it. It is your responsibility to maintain and update access privileges for your GlobalPatientRecord™. You are encouraged to identify a trusted third party (a personal representative) - with whom to share your GlobalPatientRecord™ access information (User ID and Password), so that he or she can access your health information in the event of a medical emergency during which access to this information could be important. If possible, this person should be the same individual identified as your emergency contact in your GlobalPatientRecord™. Your personal representative is someone you authorize to have access to your personal health information. No one other than yourself is permitted to make changes or updates to your GlobalPatientRecord™ accept your personal representative which has been granted that privilege.
CareData Patient Tracking Systems Corporation makes a wallet card available for printing, which will present your basic information (assuming you provide it), including emergency contact, blood type, and allergies. You should keep a current copy of this wallet card with you at all times, and also share one with your emergency contact, to facilitate access to important information in your health record should the need arise.

There are three ways in which your information is accessed in case of an emergency.

• You grant your emergency contact access to GlobalPatientRecord™.
• You grant your provider access to GlobalPatientRecord™.
• You can grant our GlobalPatientRecord™ Hotline as your emergency point of contact where as you call our hotline 24/7 to provide this information.

Typically, your provider or emergency contact would go to www.GlobalPatientRecord™.com and be able to access your record by signing in with an access code you setup. This information would also be instructed on your GlobalPatientRecord™ wallet card on how to access this information along with our 24/7 hotline number.

You are encouraged to identify a trusted third party to whom you grant privileges to your GlobalPatientRecord™ to access information. In the event of a medical emergency, this information could live saving. If possible, this person should be the same individual identified as your emergency contact in your GlobalPatientRecord™.

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Should I print a copy of the GlobalPatientRecord™?
It is not important to print the record because it will be continuously updated and the most accurate version would be the online record. If you still want to have a paper copy, you can print the entire GlobalPatientRecord™ or just selected parts of it. However, you are encouraged to print the GlobalPatientRecord Wallet Card to keep with you at all times, which contains emergency contact and medical information.

How much does this cost?
See FEES for more information.

Do you sell patient data?
No. We do not sell patient data under any circumstance.

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FAQs of Healthcare Providers

What is GlobalPatientRecord™?
The GlobalPatientRecord™ is a complete and online medical record offered to men and women located anywhere in the world wanting an online access to their personal health record. This access is available anytime, anywhere and completely secure and confidential. GlobalPatientRecord™ stores medical history and current medical information. When patients have seen a healthcare provider then the patient can view only a high level of the visits they had. This would be the Date of Visit, Provider & Medical Office Details, Visit Type, Result Status. GlobalPatientRecord™ allows the patient to become more responsible for their health by providing you and practice with the most accurate and up-to-date information available. GlobalPatientRecord™ not only stores their personal medical information, it provides interactive notifications and alerts that help patients receive better care for themselves and from their medical provider. These come from GlobalPatientRecord™, the patient and you their medical provider.Patients can create, manage and share their personal health information with their physician, or another care giver in case of an emergency. If you use CareData as your EMR/EHR solution, then you can take full advantage of The CareData Solution™. Some of these include:

• Automatic reminders are sent to the patient to remind them of their next appointment(s)
• All required paperwork, will be fully updated online by the patient prior to their visit (which saves an average of $20.00 per patient visit and is more accurate and complete information)
• Receive patient requests for prescription re-fills and once you approve them you can e-prescribe to their pharmacy and they will be notified when it is ready to be picked up
• Patients will be notified when you are trying to reach them
• Patients can see a high level view of their test results only after approved and agreed on by you
• Providers can add to their alerts and reminder lists
• You can have an online, secure consultation with your patient and they with you
• Your patients can schedule their appointments online and receive a reminder of that appointment, without burdening your staff
• Accurate information will be updated information online from the comfort of a patients home, prior to each appointment.
• Patients can fill out required medical forms from home more accurately and conveniently – again saving you time and money
• Patients automatically receive notification when their test results are back and when they should contact their doctor

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Why is GlobalPatientRecord™ a good idea for my patients?
See FEATURES for more information.

How much does the GlobalPatientRecord™ cost me and our medical office?
It doesn’t cost you anything to have your patients using the GlobalPatientRecord™. If you use CareData™, an intelligent EMR/EHR, then it will significantly save you significant time and money for those patients using it. Your practice wil grow because your patients will love the convenience and peace of mind they get with GlobalPatientRecord™.

What are the benefits of the GlobalPatientRecord™ for my office?
The GlobalPatientRecord™ is included at no extra cost as an integrated service for all providers using CareData™ from CareData Patient Tracking Systems Corporation. There are many benefits that you’ll receive if you use The CareData Solution™ (this includes CareData EMR/EHR + GlobalPatientRecord™).

• Increased revenues – through more consistent and routine visits
• Lower Costs – through automation of administrative tasks
• Fewer medical errors and less exposure to medical liablity
• Improved patient satisfaction
• Increased patient retention and referrals
• Enhanced quality of care they receive from you due to The CareData Solution™
• Decreased liability - by improving documentation, automating patient education and automating notification of patients in the event of lab results or necessary visits to the office. For this reason, leading physician liability companies are endorsing and promoting the GlobalPatientRecord™ to their insured physicians.
• Improve office staff moral and turn-over

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Which patients should have a GlobalPatientRecord™?
All patients. While the patient or a family member may not have major medical conditions, there is basic information that should be accessible for any patient at any time. This would include insurance information, allergies, vaccinations and emergency contact information. In addition, the GlobalPatientRecord™ provides health and wellness tips and reminders. And if the patient or a family member takes medications or has medical conditions; has been hospitalized or had surgeries, all the more reasons that a GlobalPatientRecord™ is needed.

How does information get into the GlobalPatientRecord™?
Do my office staff or I have to fill out the GlobalPatientRecord™ for our patients? How reliable is patient-provided healthcare information?

Most patients enter their own data into their GlobalPatientRecord™, though CareData Patient Tracking Systems Corporation is actively creating interfaces to EMRs and health plans. But in ALL cases the patient owns and controls the data in their own GlobalPatientRecord™, as well as controlling who has access to their record. Physician office is under no responsibility to complete or update a patient's GlobalPatientRecord™; though completing the record may result in direct payments from pay-for-performance programs. As for the validity of patient-entered data, the reality of the US outpatient healthcare environment is that most care is based upon patient- provided information- usually hand written by the patient using a clipboard. And much of the patient information is only known by the patient, such as over the counter medications, food allergies, herbal and food supplements, childhood illnesses, etc. Patients who can enter this information on their own time without feeling rushed in the privacy of their own home actually take the time to collect the necessary information which is more accurate than trying to remember it from the clinic itself.

What happens if the patient has a GlobalPatientRecord™ and I don't have access to it?
The existence of an online personal health record in no way diminishes the need for the patient to provide information directly to the treating physician. The GlobalPatientRecord™ service reminds patients of this responsibility on the data input screen of the GlobalPatientRecord™ service and in the overall GlobalPatientRecord™ terms of service.

How can my office & other physician's offices view a patient's GlobalPatientRecord™?
Physicians and their approved staff can view the GlobalPatientRecord™s of any patients as long as they have granted you access to the record. If you use CareData™ then all your patients are already stored in the GlobalPatientRecord™ database for your access.

How does this information get to a hospital ER in an emergency?
The GlobalPatientRecord™ comes with a wallet card, which will present the patient's basic information including emergency contact, blood type, allergies and instructions for accessing the record in an emergency. The patient should keep a current copy of this wallet card with the patient at all times, and also share one with the patient emergency contact, to facilitate access to important information in the patient health record should the need arise. The hospital can access the patients GlobalPatientRecord™ by giving them the code to view it.

Patients are encouraged to identify a trusted third party with whom to share access information (User ID and Password), in the event of a medical emergency during which access to this information could be important. If possible, this person should be the same individual identified as the patient emergency contact in the GlobalPatientRecord™.

Will the GlobalPatientRecord™ take time away from our duties?
There is no need for anyone in the office to spend any time related to this service. GlobalPatientRecord™ is in place to save you time and help provide you with more accurate information at the time of visit by having the patient fill this out prior to coming to the office. This is great for new and existing patients. There is less waiting time in the office for the patient and the information will be updated in your database instantly as the patient updates their records.

Can my office use a printed copy of the GlobalPatientRecord™ as a Patient Registration form?
You are encouraged to use the GlobalPatientRecord™ as a registration form for a patient to fill out ahead of an office visit. GlobalPatientRecord™ works with the CareData EMR/EHR. GlobalPatientRecord™ can also integrate with other EMRs.

Do I increase my liability by using the GlobalPatientRecord™?
No. In fact, leading professional liability carriers are endorsing and promoting the GlobalPatientRecord™ as a means to improve patient safety, improve documentation and lower medical liability. Guidelines have been created for the use of online tools to communicate with patients; including the provision of personal health records. These can be obtained directly from most liability carriers or online from various sources. The contractual service language and other disclaimers suggested by such experts are integrated into the GlobalPatientRecord™ service and patients must agree to these in order to access the GlobalPatientRecord™. Most liability carriers promote the concept of online services to patients because it improves documentation and disclosure.