Sharing a Record

Users can share health information in Lydia by inviting another user to access a health record. This feature can be found in the Sharing section of Lydia:

1. Go to More. 

2. Click Share Record. 

 

 

The Sharing section gives the account holder two important options:

• Share health information with another account holder; or
• Review the access privileges of other people to whom the account holder has granted access

3. Click Share health information with someone you trust and fill in the required information. 

4. Click Send Invitation. The invitation will then be sent to the email address you entered and the user will need to enter the passcode that you created. Note: It is not recommended that you email the passcode. Use another method to tell the recipient. 

Levels of sharing

The account holder has complete control over the degree of access that will be granted to other users. There are three record sharing levels that are possible:

1. Reading Rights: Means that the person you share with can read your information. Note: Remember that you are also giving the person the right to connect applications to your record with the same access level.
2. Reading & Writing Rights: Means that the person you share with can read, write, update and delete information in your record. Note: Remember that you are also giving the person the right to connect applications to your record with the same access level.
3. Custodian: Means that the person you share with can read, write, update, delete and share information in your record. Note: Remember that you are also giving the person the right to connect applications to your record with the same access level.

Important: With "Custodian" access, another person could violate your privacy, and you could even lose access to your health records. Make sure that you grant such access only to people whom you trust.

Record sharing permissions don’t stop there! The account holder can also choose which types of health information will be accessible by the user who receives the record sharing invitation and for how long they have access to this information. In this way, if the sharing privileges are meant to be temporary, then the account holder has the security of knowing that the privileges will be revoked after the specified date. This aids the account holder in that he/she does not have to remember to log back into the system to revoke the privileges manually: