title: Portable medical records on microchip cards: the Tournai experiment.
abstract: A test of the use of microchip cards as portable medical records has been organized and evaluated in a small Belgian town. The portable record was accepted by patients and could be a useful innovation for emergency situations. A comparative evaluation of other portable media is needed.
authors.affiliation: Medical Statistics Unit, Catholic University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouckaert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lambrechts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reveillon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001530:Belgium; D016494:Computer Security; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*