Disaster relief informatics: access to KatrinaHealth.org prescription data via OQO ultra mobile PC and cellular wireless connectivity.
The flooding brought on by the twin storms of Katrina & Rita wrecked havoc on the healthcare delivery system of New Orleans. A million patients were displaced, and their paper records were rendered useless by water damage. Many physicians volunteered their efforts at caring for the displaced but very few had access to the patient prescription records aggregated by the DHHS at the KatrinaHealth.org website.
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Palo Alto Medical Foundation Urgent Care, Palo Alto, California, USA.
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