We all know or remember seeing someone at one time or another that has worn a medical alert ID bracelet or necklace. I think I vaguely recall my Dad buying one for my Mom when she was first diagnosed with Diabetes. These days you don't really see people wearing this method of medical identification. I don't know if they are just considered old fashioned or if the companies that make them have stopped promoting them. That's why I was intrigued when the folks at CWI Medical asked me if I would review the MedicTag.
The MedicTag is basically a 32mb USB flash drive that includes an AUTORUN.exe program that pops up to allow you to store and print medical history and information.
The flash drive looks like an ordinary USB drive, but it is made of White plastic with bold Red print. There is a attachment hole for the included lanyard strap if you want to wear the MedicTag.
A Red LED is built into one end of the drive. This LED blinks when data on the drive is accessed.
On the back of the drive, you will find a Lock switch. Flip this switch into the Lock position and you'll not be able to overwrite the medical data contained on the flash drive.
When you insert the MedicTag into a USB port on a Windows PC, it will automatically launch the autorun.exe program on the drive and within a few seconds, you'll see the popup window shown in the image above. The MedicTag interface is very simple and gives you 3 options. You can View emergency info, Print the emergency info or Exit the application.
When you click the View option, Microsoft Word will automatically launch and display a special document with fields that you can fill out with your personal medical information. The problem here is that you need Microsoft Word or a Microsoft Word compatible application that can load and edit Word (.DOC) files in order to access the medical data.
The MedicTag is basically a 32mb USB flash drive that includes an AUTORUN.exe program that pops up to allow you to store and print medical history and information.
The flash drive looks like an ordinary USB drive, but it is made of White plastic with bold Red print. There is a attachment hole for the included lanyard strap if you want to wear the MedicTag.
A Red LED is built into one end of the drive. This LED blinks when data on the drive is accessed.
On the back of the drive, you will find a Lock switch. Flip this switch into the Lock position and you'll not be able to overwrite the medical data contained on the flash drive.
When you insert the MedicTag into a USB port on a Windows PC, it will automatically launch the autorun.exe program on the drive and within a few seconds, you'll see the popup window shown in the image above. The MedicTag interface is very simple and gives you 3 options. You can View emergency info, Print the emergency info or Exit the application.
When you click the View option, Microsoft Word will automatically launch and display a special document with fields that you can fill out with your personal medical information. The problem here is that you need Microsoft Word or a Microsoft Word compatible application that can load and edit Word (.DOC) files in order to access the medical data.
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