Family Security

Happy Wednesday readers! Today I want to shed a little bit of light here and there about how to get the most of your Smart Med Card while enjoying a high level of security. Today's topic will focus on how you can store the most information while having the least amount of necessary information 'open' in your wallet. I will refer to this storage-safety as analog protection.

Analog Protection: Out-of-Pocket
As the name implies, we are using protection of your data via a physical means; in this case family. These devices are not password protected and for good reason - if you are unresponsive and a doctor gets a hold of this card, it being password protected means you get none of the benefits this card was designed for. So, here is your first good option when it comes to storing your complete medical history on this device.
Round up as much of your medical records as you can, preferably all of them and then upload the data to The Smart Med Card's site. Then, concentrate on filling out your personal health history as accurate as possible. Next, have a meeting with your Primary Contacts and tell them about this card. Explain how it works and tell them that your medical records are secured online with a specific username and password. Have them set a place where they can store your username and password (i.e. a personal safe) so it can be accessed in case of emergency. Hopefully you can get a couple of good family members who will do this for you. This way, if you have that fear of losing your wallet and your information being discovered - unless the discoverer coaxes this information from your family, they won't get much! Now, in the case of emergency, your doctor will be able to access your information by logging onto The Smart Med Card's website with your information and could gain access to your medical history much faster then if they had to do a hospital transfer of records.

Analog Protection - On-Site
Let's take the exact scenario above and then modify it just a little bit. Again, we will have all your information online with your username and password but this time we are going to put you to work a little more.
There exists a multitude of programs that will allow you to choose specific folders and files to encrypt. This means access to these folders and files will require a password to unlock the data - without that password, anyone who tries to read this data will just see 'garbage'. So, if we use one of these programs to create an encrypted folder on your Smart Med Card, when you download your medical history to this card you can place it into this secured folder and your contents will become encrypted. Again, tell your Primary Contacts this information and let them know that all of your medical data is on your card. This way, in the event of a medical emergency, the login information that is given to the doctor will allow immediate access to the card rather than having to go online!

Of course there are many other options and protocols you could follow in order to securely use your card and get the absolute most from it, but, these two ways are probably the easiest and in my eyes a  great way to spread the thought of health-responsibility to the rest of the family!

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