Strategically, MedKaz® is unique. It differs from all other approaches to medical-record sharing and coordination. Its business model is equally unique.
- MedKaz gives patients control of all their records from all their providers, and the system to manage them, in one place — on a MedKaz mini drive they carry with their house and car keys on a keyring, or wear as a pendant or dog tag. It smooths the transition among their care providers.
- MedKaz is an information source about the patient’s current and past health issues, and a powerful communication platform. The patient has three options to share their records:
- with their provider in the exam room where care is delivered/prescribed, and costs are incurred.
- with all providers treating them following a visit with one provider, so they can quickly catch medical errors before serious harm can occur.
- with anyone else they choose including loved ones and care givers, to help them better manage their care and follow their doctors’ instructions.
- MedKaz also can serve as an instantly accessible platform for the most advanced healthcare technologies, such as a patient’s records, genetic code, and generative AI to diagnose the patient’s illness.
- MedKaz is available today. Everyone concerned with care — patients, providers, payers (employers, insurers, government) — can enjoy the benefits of coordinated care today:
- improved care quality
- fewer claims
- materially lower costs
- MedKaz will change the way care is organized, delivered and paid for.
- MedKaz is paid for by the patient or their payer; its adoption and use are driven by financial incentives; all participants benefit financially.
- MedKaz is patented
Functionally, MedKaz Is Convenient. Secure. Powerful. Empowering. Financially Sound.
- Convenient A patient’s MedKaz contains their complete medical record from all their providers and the application to manage them.
- It contains complete notes, not summaries.
- It can contain the patient’s genetic code.
- It is instantly available anytime the patient or their doctors at home or away need their records.
- It is updated for them immediately following an encounter.
- It is easy to use, no special training is required. Anyone who can log onto a computer and perform a search, can use a MedKaz.
- It is affordable and usable by all, including the 32 million seniors and low-income earners who are among our heaviest healthcare users but don’t have smartphones.
- Secure MedKaz is the most secure system available.
- It is HIPAA compliant.
- Records to/from providers via the MedKaz server are sent via DirectMessaging whenever possible.
- It is encrypted except when in use by the patient or their provider.
- It is password-controlled to two levels; the patient can lock individual records.
- The patient’s records are stored on their MedKaz, not on someone else’s server that can be hacked.
- They are erased from the MedKaz Server when the patient, their doctors, family or other designated recipients have downloaded them.
- Powerful All records from all providers are instantly searchable.
- MedKaz manages all electronic and paper records, regardless of how they were created or are formatted.
- All documents can be instantly accessed and searched with only 2 or 3 clicks; they open to the first page containing the search term which is highlighted.
- Records can be shared as pdf documents, structured data or both, with anyone the patient chooses: their doctors, family members, care givers, researchers or others.
- It works during power, Internet, ransomware outages, and natural disasters. All that’s needed is a charged computer.
- Empowering The patient owns it. It moves with them, gives them peace of mind.
- Empowers them to understand their issues, know what they’re supposed to do, better manage their care, and add addenda to correct mistakes in their records if there are any.
- Empowers their doctors — at home or away — first to understand their issues, history and care from all their doctors, then to coordinate their care, and avoid costly medical errors and unnecessary visits, tests, procedures.
- Streamlines provider workflow, frees them to talk with their patients, reduces burnout.
- Enables family members and care givers to understand their health issues and ensure they follow their doctors’ instructions.
- Does not require administrative organizations to manage extensive registries, databases or electronic networks.
- Financially Sound MedKaz is self-financing. It incentivizes everyone to do the right thing.
- The patient subscribes annually to MedKaz and its Update & Support Service.
- The patient pays for it, or their payer may give it to them as a wellness benefit.
- Patients save deductibles, copays.
- Payers enjoy fewer claims and lower health insurance costs — ROI can be extraordinary.
- Providers may receive financial incentives from payers to drive its use: to upload their patients’ records to MedKaz Server, and when they use their patient’s MedKaz during a visit.
- It saves the $hundreds of million it costs annually to administer silo-linking networks and supporting organizations.
