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Consumer Case Studies
Marty Cardelli, Illinois

Heart Patient Accesses NoMoreClipboard PHR on iPad During Vacation ER Visit Hospital Staff Sees Full Medical History; Treats Symptoms Immediately

As a 73-year-old retiree from Chicago, Marty Cardelli thought he would be enjoying the good life on his family vacation in Hawaii…until he started to have chest pains after eating a piece of meat. Chest pains are always worrisome for Cardelli because back in 1995, he had bypass heart surgery and has been on medication and a strict diet ever since. He knew that this was something to take seriously.

“After eating a big meal consisting of meat that I shouldn’t be eating, I started to feel like there was something stuck. Then the chest pains came and I had trouble swallowing. I was hesitant to go into the hospital because they will typically keep heart patients overnight and we were scheduled to fly to Maui the next day. I didn’t want to ruin the vacation for my family,” said Cardelli.

Emergency Room Benefit

After some prodding from his family, Cardelli decided to go into the hospital’s emergency room. “At this point, I was starting to panic, my concentration was not the best and I couldn’t breathe. It would have been very difficult to give the ER staff (who didn’t know anything about me) a clear account of my medical history,” said Cardelli. “Fortunately, my son had an iPad with him and pulled up my NoMoreClipboard account.”

From the iPad, nurses and doctors were able to access Cardelli’s NoMoreClipboard PHR to obtain details on his past heart surgery and procedures and a run-down of all of the medications (with dosages) he was taking for his heart condition. “I was relieved I didn’t have to deal with these conversations and my son was also thankful because he doesn’t know all the specifics about my chronic health problems.”

“In the end, it was determined that a piece of meat was clogging the airways in my chest, which led to the chest pains. That diagnosis, combined with the fact that doctors were comfortable with my past medical history, allowed them to release me the very same night. We were able to leave for Maui as scheduled the next morning!”

Why NoMoreClipboard?

“I heard about NoMoreClipboard though Medicare. They were testing a PHR program in a few select states and recommended various PHR systems. I started looking into the more well-known names but they were basically glorified typewriters. NoMoreClipboard emerged as the clear winner because it was a real Web-based database, rather than a Word or Excel document. Plus, the information is pre-configured so you don’t have to type as much and you can ensure that there are no mistakes.

Increased Communication and Connectivity

“Another benefit of the NoMoreClipboard PHR is that I was able to share my treatments in Hawaii with my cardiologist and general practitioner back at home so information is clearly communicated to all parties involved in your health care.”

Cardelli is also not concerned about security. “The benefits of a PHR clearly outweigh the potential security risks,” he says. “I want to be even more connected! I just bought an iPhone so I can access my NoMoreClipboard PHR from any location and I ordered NoMoreClipboard’s emergency m-card so doctors can have access to all of my information when I am traveling.”
 
Elizabeth Gilliam, Arizona

As a volunteer, I have had the privilege to help promote, through outreach and education, a pilot program sponsored by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and NAS (Noridian Administrative Services) called PHR, which stands for Personal Health Record.

Four vendors were chosen to provide these services to Medicare and Medicaid participants. I registered with all four vendors so I could try them out and I ended up choosing Nomoreclipboard.com to retain my own personal health record.

The program is simple, clean-cut, colorful and the layouts are neat and attractive. The menus, which are centered, are easy on my eyes and the site in general is very easy to navigate – I never have to search for items I am looking for. I thoroughly enjoyed inputting my medical information to my NoMoreClipboard.com personal health record and look forward to helping others do the same.
 
Jack VanSchoyck, Arizona

I used to keep all of my health records in a paper notebook and it was hard for me to keep everything organized where I could easily find information when I needed it. I heard about personal health records and asked my doctor for his opinion. He encouraged me to use one because PHR’s will be the wave of the future for both doctors and patients.

Since I am a Medicare patient, I went to their Web site looking for more information. I researched a few of the PHR vendors Medicare recommended and chose NoMoreClipboard.com because of the features it offered, including the doctor office questionnaires that can be filled out online prior to your doctor’s appointment and the emergency access card which would give emergency responders immediate access to your health records.

The NoMoreClipboard.com personal health record is user-friendly, too, and not as intimidating as some of the others I’ve seen. As with anything new, there is an initial learning curve. However, this learning process was short and most of the tasks are easy to use.

I feel much more confident and more in control of my healthcare now that I have a well organized filing system in place with NoMoreClipboard.com. As new health records arrive, I can easily incorporate these into my personal database so all of my doctors can see and understand my complete medical history before prescribing treatment.