Overview
Ready Med USB, branded with the tagline “Ready When You Need It,” was designed to give individuals immediate, portable access to their vital medical information in emergencies. Future Solutions collaborated with Ready Med to develop an innovative partitioned USB Flash Drive that securely stored personal medical data—including history, medications, allergies, and directives—protected by encrypted access. The project combined security, convenience, and user-friendly design to create a life-saving digital health record solution.
Ready Med USB was conceived as a modern, patient-centered approach to emergency medical preparedness. At a time when digital health records were often siloed and inaccessible, the Ready Med USB offered individuals direct control of their own medical data—conveniently stored on a portable and secure flash drive. Future Solutions partnered with Ready Med to design and implement a comprehensive, user-friendly application that combined data accessibility with high-level encryption and security.
Mission
The mission of Ready Med USB was to provide a secure, portable medical information system that ensured emergency responders could access essential health data when it mattered most. By putting the power of medical data management in the hands of individuals, Ready Med USB aimed to bridge the gap between privacy and lifesaving accessibility.
Services
Ready Med USB’s solution included:
- A dedicated encrypted application partition where users could enter personal health information such as medical history, medications, allergies, and physician details.
- User authentication security, requiring a username, email, and password to lock and unlock stored data.
- A secondary open partition that functioned as a traditional USB drive, enabling patients to store supporting documents such as lab results, imaging files, or medical directives.
- Data encryption and partition management, ensuring sensitive health data remained isolated and accessible only through the secured application.
Project
Future Solutions designed and developed the dual-partition USB system and its embedded software interface. The application featured intuitive data entry forms for key medical categories and automated encryption management that allowed only authorized users to view or modify information. The design balanced simplicity and privacy, allowing emergency personnel to quickly access essential data when permission was granted.
Outcome
The resulting Ready Med USB prototype showcased how personal data security and medical accessibility could coexist seamlessly. Future Solutions’ work laid the foundation for a new class of personal health technology—secure, portable, and patient-driven—demonstrating the potential for broader adoption in emergency response and personal health record management.