LifeKey offers the most advanced military grade password/encryption software to securely protect your medical records. If your LifeKey is password protected, anyone that wants to view your medical records will need the password to unlock the file.
When you receive your LifeKey you will also receive an ID card to carry in your wallet. On the card will be your password so that you can hand the ID card and your LifeKey to the doctor giving them permission to unlock the file and view your records.
Password/Encryption Protection: Benefit or Barrier?
The majority of our subscribers, however, view this layer of security as a barrier to its use. Many feel they control who can see their records by physically controlling their LifeKey. They think the password/encryption software is unnecessary.
In fact, 93.7% of our customers request that we send their LifeKey without this extra security layer. Most of these LifeKey subscribers say that they don't want to have any barriers when that critical time comes and they need to use their LifeKey. They want emergency personnel to have immediate unfettered access to their medical records. They realize that their LifeKey can be lost or stolen but they are willing to assume that risk, and are not concerned if someone sees, for instance, their EKG.
A benefit of LifeKey is that your medical records can be viewed from nearly every computer in the world to provide the urgent care answers needed in a time of emergency. To satisfy both those subscribers who don't want any barriers to their medical records and those subscribers who want the ultimate privacy and security, we have made the password/security feature on LifeKey optional.
If you would like to receive a LifeKey that is not password protected, you will let us know in the order process.
