Personal Health Records

Health care is becoming more digitized and consumer oriented. It’s not an overnight change, but more like how summer turns into fall – gradual yet very perceptible - Greg Scott

Personal Health Records
Personal Health Records

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Managing Your Health Records Should Be As Easy As Managing Your Money

If you’ve ever had to deal with a health problem more serious than a cough, you know that keeping track of your medical records is a pain. If your doctor works for a major hospital, she may have a decent website where you can log in and, say, check your latest blood-test results. But moving information from one physician to another can be a slog that requires multiple phone calls bugging office managers to fax over files, because parts of the health care industry still rely on technology that felt retro in 2002.

Thanks to Apple, some of those frustrations may become a thing of the past. This year, with uncharacteristically little fanfare, the company rolled out a feature on the iPhone’s…

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 Managing Your Health Records Should Be As Easy As Managing Your Money

If you’ve ever had to deal with a health problem more serious than a cough, you know that keeping track of your medical records is a pain. If your doctor works for a major hospital, she may have a decent website where you can log in and, say, check your latest blood-test results. But moving information from one physician to another can be a slog that requires multiple phone calls bugging office managers to fax over files, because parts of the health care industry still rely on technology that felt retro in 2002.

Apple Health App

Enabling your patients to get their health records on iPhone can help them more actively participate in their health and help drive overall awareness of your patient portal.

Healthspek

Manage your medical information and access it anywhere.

HealthTap

A safe, secure place for all your health information, Immunizations, procedures, allergies and more: store your health activity in a HIPAA-secure environment online and access to it all at the click of a button or the pinch of a mobile device. We’ll sort it for you, timeline-style, to make it easy to present to your doctor at in-person appointments.

Medfusion Plus

The free Medfusion Plus health record app lets you gather all your family’s patient portal health information into one organized, convenient place that you can carry with you always!

PicnicHealth

ALL your records from ALL your doctors. Sign up in 5 minutes. We do the legwork. Clean, patient-friendly health timeline.

iBlueButton

iBlueButton is the mobile embodiment of the Blue Button initiative to enable patients to easily access and share their health records with their physicians, anywhere and anytime.

mEMR

With mEMR, aggregate your and your loved ones’ medical records, from any healthcare provider or institution, and generate a comprehensive timeline of your health on a single screen.

MyChart

See your medications, test results, upcoming appointments, medical bills, price estimates, and more all in one place, even if you've been seen at multiple healthcare organizations.

MyHealtheVet

My HealtheVet is a free, online Personal Health Record that empowers Veterans to become informed partners in their health care. With My HealtheVet, America's Veterans can access trusted, secure, and current health and benefits information as well as record, track and store important health and military history information at their convenience.

MedXcom

Securely text with your healthcare providers.

StatPearls

Several commercial applications are available that allow an individual to maintain a PHR, and some also allow integration of this data with the individual's EMR/HER, allowing them to take better charge of their own health.

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