Store Living Wills Online at LIFEcardHealth.com
Your right to die or right to live can be outlined in a living will. LIFEcardHealth.com, an online health information management solution, has added a living will storage feature to its existing array of health data storage options.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 24, 2005 -- LIFEcard Health™ (http://LIFEcardServices.com/Health), an online health
information management solution, has added a living will storage feature to its
existing array of health data storage options.
The new feature at
LIFEcard Health™ (http://LIFEcardServices.com/Health) enables members to develop
a legally binding living will and store that personalized living will in a
secure online database. If the LIFEcard Health member is unable to communicate,
medical personnel access the members’ LIFEcard Health card (carried in a purse
or wallet) and can then request information about that members personal health
requests, living will, medications, physicians, emergency contact list and more
through the LIFEcardHealth.com website or through a toll-free phone number.
The legal battles between the parents of Terry Schiavo, her husband and
Congress have convinced many people on the importance of having a living will.
“I would not want my loved ones to have to make a decision like that,” said
Gemma Piscotti. “I know how I want my life to end and I feel as though my
decisions will be respected because I outlined them in a living will.” Piscotti
signed-up herself and her immediate family members for the LIFEcard Health
service for the sole reason of developing a living will.
A living will is
a document that sets out guidelines for dealing with life-sustaining medical
procedures in the eventuality of the signatory's sudden debilitation. Living
wills would, for example, inform medical staff not to provide extraordinary
life-preserving procedures on their bodies if they are incapable of expressing
themselves and suffering from an incurable and terminal condition.
About
LIFEcard Health™ (http://LIFEcardServices.com/Health)
The LIFEcard Health™
program helps people to prepare for emergency situations. When seconds count,
critical care information that may save a person's life is a telephone call or a
few keystrokes away. LIFEcard Health's secure database also organizes patients'
current medical records (medications, conditions, physicians, personal contacts)
in a clear and concise manner so that they may receive better medical
care.
LIFEcard Health is part of the LIFEcardServices.com trio of
personal and professional security services enabling members to establish a
“personal security” network around their health, home and sensitive information.
Learn more at www.LIFEcardServices.com or by calling toll-free at (866)
221-1550.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb220844.htm