download the info for a group of students, and just take the PDA on
field trips, sports events, retreats, etc. Then all you would need would
be the signature papers and the PDA. Fairly easy to limit access, and
always as current as our records. I think it's a nice option.
Judith Claire Robison
Director of Technology
Saint John's Catholic Prep
Frederick, MD
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Subject: Re: Portable Student Health Records?
Please keep this thread public. Very important, I believe. Up-to-date is
electronic, but is it acceptable?
David F Withrow
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>A perennial question at our school has to do with keeping current=20
>student health and emergency records available to adults who accompany=20
>students on field trips and oversees trips. We invariably end up=20
>printing out mounds of paper that go in binders with the trip=20
>chaperons. I am always a bit uneasy as to whether or not the data is=20
>up-to-date and if it will be available when it's needed.
>
>We have considered using electronic records stored on a USB drive,=20
>handheld device, or computer but are leery of ER's and other emergency=20
>providers accepting this information in the even that a student=20
>requires emergency treatment.
>
>Does anyone have a solution that is working well for them other than
paper?
>
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