http://lifehacker.com/5447560/internet-survival-guide-for-traveling-where-privacy-isnt-respected
While the poster has done this for his personal records the message seems to be that the electronic copies are a great backstop while awaiting documents from official sources. And while it is unlikely your school is bound by HIPAA rules the security recommendations are excellent.
In my personal experience paper and electronic are interchangeable for everything except prescriptions. Unless it is notarized, paper copies cary no additional weight, but your milage may vary.... significantly.
_J
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From: Steve Taffee <staffee@castilleja.org>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 5:16:46 PM
Subject: Portable Student Health Records?
A perennial question at our school has to do with keeping current student
health and emergency records available to adults who accompany students on
field trips and oversees trips. We invariably end up printing out mounds of
paper that go in binders with the trip chaperons. I am always a bit uneasy
as to whether or not the data is up-to-date and if it will be available when
it's needed.
We have considered using electronic records stored on a USB drive, handheld
device, or computer but are leery of ER's and other emergency providers
accepting this information in the even that a student requires emergency
treatment.
Does anyone have a solution that is working well for them other than paper?
s
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