System for managing information by using hybrid card in main and subdata processing apparatuses

Abstract

In a system for managing medical information by using a hybrid card having an optical stripe and an IC module, in a hospital there is provided a main data processing apparatus which can write and read data on and from the optical stripe of the hybrid card and can write and read data from the IC module, and in a patient's home there is arranged a sub data processing apparatus for reading and writing the data on and from the IC module. The patient measures blood pressure and heart rate at home, and the measured data is recorded on the IC module. In the hospital the blood pressure and heart rate stored in the IC module are read out and are used for diagnosis. As the sub data processing apparatus installed in the patient's home could not write data on the optical stripe, the apparatus can be made small in size, simple in construction and cheap in cost. Further, the important data stored in the optical stripe could not be erased or altered by the patient. The sub data processing apparatus may be formed to read limited data stored on the optical stripe.

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