Pros: Molly’s Med Minder is a personal health record organizer in a binder. It includes various forms for recording medical information, an appointment calendar, medication cards, business card holder, and tabs for customizing paperwork.

Cons: The $19.95 cost, plus shipping and handling, comes to a total of $27.45, a large sum for a tabbed binder. There is no accompanying online component for emergency access. All information is physically in the binder and not backed up. There is no indication of how many of each form is provided and there are no options to purchase additional pages.

The Bottomline: This is a useful tool for someone willing to carry a binder with them to medical appointments. Without online integration, this tool is very limited. It would actually be quite easy for an individual to create their own organizer with the same information for the cost of a few office supplies.

Editor’s Rating:

Reviewed on January 29, 2011

Summary:
Molly’s Med Minder is a three-ring binder with tabbed sections for various aspects of health and medical data. It has approximately 50 tab labels to choose from for individual customization.

Features:
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Vital Information
The binder includes a personal information section with contact and emergency contact information areas. The insurance information section is a form with blanks for relevant insurance documentation such as primary insurance company, ID number, Group number, co-pay amounts, and secondary insurance. This section also includes a space for pharmacy name, address, phone, and fax. There is also a form for recording primary physician and specialist names, addresses, telephone numbers, and nurse contacts.

Medication Monitoring
The medication list section is a very basic chart for medication name, dosage, prescribing physician, and start date. The kit also includes four wallet-sized portable medication cards.

Historical Data
A Personal Health History form is provided for recording current and past health problems, surgeries, hospitalizations, and allergies. Users may also indicate drug/alcohol use and a list of several conditions is provided to prompt users to check those they have had in the past or are currently experiencing. An immunization record with typical vaccinations is also provided with space for users to indicate the date the immunization was received.

Daily Diary
The daily and notes sections are formatted to track symptoms, pain, vital signs, and any other information worth recording to assist a physician in understanding how a patient is feeling day-to-day.