With LifeOnKey™ health care information is stored and updated electronically with important privacy safeguards to protect the patient’s confidentially and holds the patient’s links to information using the most advanced security technology available. Whether treatment is planned or unexpected, the patient and those asked to care for him or her, are able to access the patient’s medical information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Why is this so critical? Accuracy and timeliness of medical information helps to ensure that the care provided to the patient is based on the most recent data. Whether the patient requires care at home or at any health care institution in the country, easy, secure and continuous access to LifeOnKey™ can enhance quality of care and potentially reduce medical errors. Consider that vital information for the patient’s diagnosis and treatment, such as current medication, details of previous operations, test results and allergies, is potentially lifesaving.

How is security of one’s medical information established? State-of-the-art protection and authorization procedures are built-in to LifeOnKey™ to safeguard medical information against breaches of security. Built-in technical codes for privacy and security ensure that only the patient and those involved in his/her care are able to access or update medical information in a form that clearly identifies the patient. The patient is able to choose whether or not to share his or her health information, or make only certain aspects of medical data accessible to people the patient designates. Extenuating circumstances, such as an emergency, may override a security request in the interest of life-saving measures. All privacy, security and confidentiality terms are clearly stated and agreed to by each LifeOnKey™ member.

LOK’s Secure-Safe Privacy-Plus patent-pending technology ensures that your health information is secure, using multiple security socket layers to house and separate your personal and medical data in different places. Only when you use your password and encrypted ID will your health information—from your various health providers, hospital, lab or pharmacy—be connected and gathered in one place. Only when you decide to compile your LifeOnKey file does the data merge into your own personal computer’s browser. With the LOK technology the data never stay on your computer cache. The LOK technology complies with HIPAA, the federal standard for the protection of personal health records to ensure the privacy of electronic transmission of health information.