Medical history tracking system
February 14, 2023 3:12 PM Subscribe
I'm at an age where I seem to go to doctors often with various issues ranging from mild to somewhat serious. I have to have a procedure on my eyes next month, my teeth also next month, a finger in a couple of months, and there's also the semi-serious heart condition that requires a bunch of tests and such. Then there's a surgery of a few years ago, a broken bone another time, the colonoscopies of the past ten years. Keeping this stuff in my head is not working.
I need an app or system to keep track of my medical history: procedures, diagnosis, treatment. I'm good with using my calendar for appointments, and I do not need to track symptoms. What I need is a digital system to track my medical history. My phone is Android, my desktop PC. I use google drive and calendar. If you keep track of your medical history digitally, please let me know what system you use.
Repeating that I do not need to track symptoms
I need an app or system to keep track of my medical history: procedures, diagnosis, treatment. I'm good with using my calendar for appointments, and I do not need to track symptoms. What I need is a digital system to track my medical history. My phone is Android, my desktop PC. I use google drive and calendar. If you keep track of your medical history digitally, please let me know what system you use.
Repeating that I do not need to track symptoms
Do your providers use MyChart? If so... there's an app for that.
posted by oceano at 4:00 PM on February 14, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by oceano at 4:00 PM on February 14, 2023 [2 favorites]
MyChart is great. If any of your doctors use Epic and have myChart going it has sections for medical history, family history, health summary, medications past and present. And on each section or page there is a place where you can write personal notes that aren’t viewable by your health care provider. So you could write something like remember to ask Dr. C about Xxx.
MyChart is available as an app and a website. Some hospitals rebrand it or call it something else.
posted by MadMadam at 4:24 PM on February 14, 2023
MyChart is available as an app and a website. Some hospitals rebrand it or call it something else.
posted by MadMadam at 4:24 PM on February 14, 2023
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Date
Event (free text, eg started medication, specialist appointment, blood test)
Type (vaccine, test, consultation, medication, procedure)
Reason (eg diabetes, migraine, dysmenorrhoea)
Doctor/clinic
Notes
posted by aussie_powerlifter at 3:34 PM on February 14, 2023 [1 favorite]