Medical Information Y or N?

I feel that your medical information should be in your hands. If you wants to have your medical information to be seen by God and all asunder then by all means, this is what should happen. If this is the case, then you cannot complain when the pharmaceutical corps. come knocking down your door with advertisements or unwanted advise about your condition(s). Having the many children that I do, I think it would be easier if there was a card I could carry that would have everyones medical history, medicines, and allergies on it. It would eleminate the need to sit there and try to remember what medications my sister is on during an emergency.

I would like this card to have the ability to be updated by my doctors, through a computer at either end. Their office or my home. I would like to have something tangible in my hand,  so that if there is a malfunction, i.e. a similar name or computer network problem (think cloud) I have the information with me. To be read by any computer.

I picked this subject because I work in the medical field. I have seen time and time again either patient love ones or direct information from the hospital be wrong. Someone cannot remember an allergy to a drug or what happened when they took that drug. If they had a card with all the information on it (provided it was updated) there would be no second guessing.

The only people who should have access to this medical information are the people who you want to have it.