| "Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up!" We all recall | | | | information and make changes and updates as |
| this poor, helpless lady who used her emergency | | | | frequently as they wish. |
| medical alert system to summon help in the time | | | | The Medical-Data Service is especially beneficial |
| of need. Fortunately, she was able to receive help | | | | when a independent living patient is unable to |
| from an ambulance, and be transported to the | | | | communicate, or when a knowledgeable family |
| hospital. But what happened to this frazzled | | | | member is unavailable. This service fulfills a need |
| woman when she arrived at the emergency | | | | for many older adults in need of eldercare in our |
| room and was asked to recall her entire medical | | | | communities, especially for a senior living alone or |
| history, including medications? MedScope America | | | | whose children live out of town. Through the use |
| Corporation, specializing in eldercare, is a company | | | | of the Internet, it can provide coverage for |
| that has an answer to this question. | | | | anyone, anywhere in the country. |
| MedScope offers the medical alert system, and | | | | Even newer to date, is the development of |
| takes it one step further, by making customer's | | | | MedScope's "Adaptive Technology". Their latest |
| medical information available online during an | | | | undertaking has made the MedScope's personal |
| emergency. This is a great benefit for senior care. | | | | emergency alarm response service available to |
| The process is simple. Once a customer signs up | | | | individuals with physical disabilities and impairments. |
| for the medical alert system, they gain access to | | | | An assortment of specialized medical alarm |
| the Medical-Data Service. They can simply fill out | | | | buttons, switches, and clamps allow MedScope to |
| the online form and print an ID card directly from | | | | create custom-made medical alarm transmitters |
| MedScope's website. By showing this ID card, | | | | to suit anyone's needs. As an example, a person |
| physicians can log-in to view the patient's | | | | with limited function can still benefit from a |
| complete medical profile. In an emergency | | | | medical alert system by using MedScope's Sip 'N |
| situation, this service provides a patient's complete | | | | Puff Activator, which is a tube that clips onto |
| medical profile within seconds, avoiding medical | | | | one's shirt or wheelchair. The consumer can |
| errors that are caused due to lack of information. | | | | simply turn their head and blow into the tube to |
| MedScope's Medical-Data Service is included (free | | | | activate the medical alert system. |
| of charge) with a customer's personal medical | | | | All medical alarm equipment is loaned at no charge |
| alert system. The Medical-Data Service was | | | | (Adaptive Technology fees may apply). The |
| developed to assist in expediting treatment to | | | | Data-Service is offered free of charge to all |
| patients in the midst of a medical emergency and | | | | MedScope customers. There is no shipping or |
| to encourage independent living. All online | | | | setup fees for equipment and no long-term |
| information is fully encrypted and HIPAA | | | | contracts. The only cost incurred is a monthly |
| compliant. A customer can log into their own | | | | monitoring fee of $35. |