LifeNexus Partners with Emergency Rooms, Hospitals, Pharmacies and Physicians to Make Personal Health Records as Easy and Secure to Use as Payment Cards

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeNexus, Inc., the developer of the iChip™ and Personal Health Card®, today announced they will provide, at no cost to healthcare providers, 10,000 professional card readers loaded with the iChip acceptance software. The LifeNexus Personal Health Card is the first multi-purpose electronic health card utilizing the embedded iChip for securely maintaining an individual's health record and incorporates a payment card option.

Making the iChip acceptance software available at pharmacies, hospitals and physician offices makes it easy for consumers to securely exchange their private healthcare information with providers. With the Personal Health Card, consumers can carry their health records in their wallet, use it as easily as a credit or debit card, and with the payment card option, can even pay for services and co-payments.

"This is an innovation that consumers have long been waiting for -- control and portability of their own health records," said Christopher Maus, CEO of LifeNexus, "Extending the convenience of payment cards to health records provides greater security and usability, but more importantly, ties into the existing infrastructure of terminals deployed throughout North America."

The LifeNexus Personal Health Card was designed specifically to securely maintain an individual's Personal Health Record (PHR) on a card in their wallet. The patented iChip™, (Individually Controlled Health Information Platform™), utilizes "mobile server" technology embedded on a chip card which is both encrypted and password-protected, providing a highly secure environment to store comprehensive health information for individuals and their family members. Christopher Maus, CEO of LifeNexus said "The wallet has long been the "mobile platform" to store and grant access to private information such as payment, membership, reward and insurance cards. The Personal Health Card will securely transfer information through cardholder authorization with the terminal linking to a trusted health provider's computer. Now individuals have the same control, security and rich experience with their health records that they have enjoyed with payment cards."

With the Personal Health Card individual's information stays in their wallet, not on their web-based server, supporting a consumer centric exchange of their health information. Consumer centric control has been the basis of adoption for all digital platforms. This eliminates consumer concerns about storing sensitive data on an unrelated third party server while also supporting the adoption of electronic medical records by their health care providers. If individuals choose to have the Personal Health Card on a payment card, they can make purchases, providing a convenient way to manage their health-related information and make general day-to-day purchases on the same card.

About LifeNexus, Inc.

LifeNexus introduces a new era in portable health records with the Personal Health Card®. This technology was designed specifically for maintaining an individual's Personal Health Record (PHR) on a card in their wallet. The patented iChip™, "Individually Controlled Health Information Platform™," utilizes mobile server technology to securely store critical information including prescriptions, medical history, allergies, insurance data, emergency contacts, physician notes, as well as other key information. Individuals authorize access to critical information at the time and point of need. With sensitive information securely encrypted, password protected and "Off-the-Web" the consumer is in absolute control with the iChip. Now individuals can manage their personal health information and at their choice, the iChip can be applied to payment cards, conveniently making general day-to-day purchases on the same card.

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About HIMSS

HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 50 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations have offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, Brussels, Singapore, Leipzig, and other locations across the United States. HIMSS represents more than 30,000 individual members, of which two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 470 corporate members and more than 85 not-for-profit organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, and research initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. To learn more about HIMSS and to find out how to join us and our members in advancing our cause, please visit our website at www.himss.org.

SOURCE LifeNexus, Inc.