Ask HN: How do you manage your personal health history?
I am looking for ways to properly manage list of tests I have done, test results, suggested actions, actions taken etc. The simplest way is to do with cloud docs and drive. Any recommendations?
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I use MyChart Central and Lucy. You can connect multiple MyChart accounts together, download your record and add notes to it. Then it is accessible from basically any provider that uses electronic health records in the USA if I ever get in an emergency and the hospital needs my records.
Picnichealth.com ive been using them for over 2 years and love it
Looks like the perfect app needed, although its a bit pricey. Any alternatives?
What’s your end goal? My care provider has all of that information online, but I don’t really care about test results if they come back favorable (no action needed on my part). I keep vitals in Apple Health mostly out of nerdy curiosity, not necessarily for any epidemiological purpose.
Your care providers might change, the doctors you visit will change over time and the problems you face will change too. Need to keep track of all these moving parts.
In the US, simply request copies of your medical records from your health care providers. Typically, it takes a few days and they get mailed. Copying and sending medical records is a normal part of a health care providers business because that's how health care providers communicate about patients.
As an aside, contemporary best practice seems to be to provide treatment and test results to patients at the office visit. It tends to save everyone time. It's not a red flag if your providers don't do that, but information hording may be symptomatic of a paternalistic view of the doctor-patient relationship since there's nothing to be gained from withholding the record and no benefit for the patient. It would make me wonder what other modern approaches the health care provider doesn't know about or eschews.
As an aside, contemporary best practice seems to be to provide treatment and test results to patients at the office visit. It tends to save everyone time. It's not a red flag if your providers don't do that, but information hording may be symptomatic of a paternalistic view of the doctor-patient relationship since there's nothing to be gained from withholding the record and no benefit for the patient. It would make me wonder what other modern approaches the health care provider doesn't know about or eschews.
Most test results are undecipherable to 99% of people, and the names and number ranges most likely will scare most people if they are out of bounds without explanation.
That and individual tests do not give an accurate picture without knowing about you healthy history, which is something your doctor does.
That and individual tests do not give an accurate picture without knowing about you healthy history, which is something your doctor does.
Usually, the patient knows the most about their health history. The meaning of test results should be explained by the patient's health care provider until the patient understands. It is likely that anyone interested enough to request a copy of their medical records is also interested enough to Google for more information. In the worst case, the patient is as uninformed with the records as without. Out in the real world, it is not uncommon for a doctor to only make a cursory review of a patient's chart before entering the exam room and for the patient to have to verbally provide basic and important information about their health history.
Providing information is what doctor's do. Good doctor's focus on the patient making an informed decision. Witholding information is contrary to that good practice.
Providing information is what doctor's do. Good doctor's focus on the patient making an informed decision. Witholding information is contrary to that good practice.
> Need to keep track of all these moving parts.
No you don't.
No you don't.
My doctor and my health insurance company do it for me
This was made last year with exactly the purpose you describe. Ignore the landing page and i18n bugs and just click any demo. It will give you access to the app. Also, tell me what you think.
https://omnevitae.com/