Benefits

LifeOnKey™ was developed to empower consumers and benefit health providers and the public health community, providing the very best, most comprehensive web-based health information management system possible. Patients, physicians, providers, and the public heath community—will benefit from LifeOnKey’s integrated approach.

Here’s how:

For Consumers:

• Safe and secure way to compile, view and control all of your health information from a variety of health care providers and sources, including insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, medical labs, as well as from personal monitoring devices like blood glucose meters.
• On-demand access to the personal health information you want through a variety of ways including mobile devices such as cell phones, PDAs and laptops, as well as your home or office computer.
• Customized PHR modules and health tools for specific conditions and life stages that go well beyond basic emergency care information.
• The ability to store and take your information with you via your cell phone, PDA, or removable storage devices, like jump drives.
• One-click language translation in case you need to view your medical information in one of several different languages other than English.
• You control the access to your health information and decide who can view it and when, including granting one-time access for your doctor, hospital, or other healthcare provider, such as physicians you consult for a second-opinion.
• Secure-Safe Privacy-Plus technology that exceeds industry standards and complies with HIPAA, the federal standard that protects personal health records.

For Physicians:

• Informs medical decision-making
• Improves quality of patient care
• Efficiency in time spent per patient
• Medical diagnosis based on accurate medical history
• Option for telemonitoring
• Access to evidence-based research and best practices
• Personal enrichment in promoting the best patient care and professionalism
• Reduction of exposure to malpractice

For Providers in Medical Institutions, Hospitals, and Health Organizations:

• Improvement of quality of medical services
• Medical procedure standardization
• Segmented internal medical guidelines
• Medical services customization
• Medical research and training procedures
• Critical time-saving decision-making tools
• Effective storage of medical information
• Enhancement of provider-patient relationships
• Reduction of exposure to malpractice
• A platform for monitoring medications
• Telemedicine and home care applications
• Improvements in prevention or management of chronic diseases or conditions
• Collaboration with other medical institutions

Public health system:

• Contributes to best practices and guidelines for confidentiality and privacy of personal health information
• Improvement in the quality of medical services
• Ability to create a national program for "disease mining"
• Standardization of medical protocols for medical institutions
• Quality of care tools
• Reduction of national medical costs
• Dissemination of public health messages and prevention guidelines
• Enhancement of citizens' confidence in the health system
• Basic asset for conducting national medical research
• Fostering of collaborative relationships for policy making
• Reduction of nationwide malpractice suits
• Telemedicine and home care applications for rural and other locations
• In the long run, creating a healthier society