What is the Living Vault, and how does it work?
The Living Vault service allows member Health Care Providers to store and retrieve advance directives not accompanied by a Registration Agreement. The Registration Agreement is an agreement between the U.S. Living Will Registry and the registrant, that authorizes the Registry to send a copy of their advance directive to ANY health care provider. Documents without a Registration Agreement submitted to the Registry by Providers are stored in that Provider’s Living Vault. These documents are stored so that they are only accessible by the originating Provider. Thus, the Living Vault is like an extension of the Provider’s medical record department. Members of the same health system are considered the same Provider, making it easy for different facilities within the same system to share advance directives. The Living Vault also allows Providers to manage ALL of their advance directives through the Registry. They can register the backlog of advance directives they already have stored in their
