"MyHealthArchive.com is a revolution not only for patients but for healthcare providers, too," says Dr. Al Davies, the system's innovator and prominent critical care physician. "MyHealthArchive is very user-friendly for patients. It allows them to be more directly involved in their own healthcare through more accurate, updated medical information and better communications."

For example, continues Dr. Davies, "This online health records archive helps reduce the risk of injury or complications. Did you ever forget important medical facts when you were at the doctor's office? Having your own archive means you can keep track of all those details. On the provider side, beyond improving day to day healthcare, it also enables emergency personnel to capture and communicate information from emergency sites to a hospital ER, and may aid in reuniting patients with their families."

"In other words," Dr. Davies adds, "MyHealthArchive covers the entire spectrum of care from routine visits to physicians, to hospitalizations, to emergency services, to disaster scenes. For example, while being involved in a serious accident is tragic in itself, that nightmare is made worse when a victim's medical history is not available. MyHealthArchive can fill that information void and potentially save a life."

Physicians and nurses can use the information to know what illnesses, medications and historical events are important to deciding what action should be taken. "The patient may choose to have the healthcare provider send medical updates to the personal archive as new events occur," says PatientCentral's Vice President of Clinical Operations, Valerie Purcell, RN, MBA. "On an everyday basis, MyHealthArchive.com provides secure Web access to personal healthcare information 24/7/365."

Currently, few people fully document key medical facts. This technology changes everything. Now each patient's information can be accessed from wherever they are in the world or carried with them on CD. The archive includes "warnings for high-risk medications," personal and medical provider contact lists, calendaring and reminders, along with a unique section for preventive healthcare.

"MyHealthArchive's wide-ranging features also include state-of-the-art technologies that provide privacy and availability of personal healthcare information," says Matt Davies, PatientCentral's Vice President of IT and a highly skilled cryptographer/programmer.

The archive is a dynamic solution. MyHealthArchive interfaces with hospitals using a number of electronic systems including PatientCentral's MedManager(TM) for medications and PatientCentral's DisasterLink(TM) for emergency and disaster management. All these innovations put patients in the center of their care, which improves safety and quality. Concludes Dr. Davies, "When you see your doctor, bring your full, updated medical history from MyHealthArchive. We can then together provide you high-quality care that's more coordinated, safer, more timely and more effective."