Family Sharing

Sharing that makes sense for families

Medical records are personal, but families need to share. A grandparent watching the kids needs to know about allergies. A spouse should have access in emergencies. But that doesn't mean everyone needs to see everything.

Recordwell lets you share per-person. Share your child's records with their other parent. Share your own records with your spouse. Keep your teenager's mental health notes private.

How sharing works

When you invite someone to view records, Recordwell:

• Generates a cryptographic key specifically for that sharing relationship
• Encrypts only the records you choose to share
• Sends an invitation with the encrypted key material
• The recipient can only decrypt what you've explicitly shared

This isn't permission flags in a database - it's mathematics. Someone you haven't shared with literally cannot decrypt the data, even if they somehow accessed our servers.

Revoking access

Life changes. Divorces happen. Relationships evolve. When you revoke someone's access:

• We generate new encryption keys for the affected records
• All data is re-encrypted with the new keys
• The revoked person's old keys become useless

This is real revocation, not just hiding records in the UI. The old keys mathematically cannot decrypt the new data.

Trust, but verify

For high-security scenarios, Recordwell supports optional verification codes. When you share with someone, you can verify their identity out-of-band (in person, over the phone) using a short code. This prevents man-in-the-middle attacks on the sharing process.