steelyman
Moderator Emeritus
I didn’t find a recent topic on this. I’ve had an above-usual amount of visits to PCP and specialists recently and expect that to continue.
Although I usually (but not always) receive summaries in paper and/or digital format after an appointment or procedure, the data can get unwieldy pretty quickly. I’d like it consolidated in one place for tracking, trends, later review and summarization.
I decided to try out Apple Health in a more thorough way than I had in the past. It’s easy to enter vitals (BP, HR, oxygen saturation, weight, etc) for things that can be measured at home.
I’d learned to link a few apps (nutrition, Fitbit, meditation) to Health and they all work.
I was happy to find that my local large hospital where I go for specialists participates in the Epic system and I enabled syncing of my medical records from there without much problem.
I had no luck with records from my PCP (private practice). They use Athenahealth, apparently targeting private practices. Forget dental practices.
So I have a partial solution but it could be better. I’m not concerning myself with anything related to insurance, just health status and care history.
Is this pretty much the case for most people? A while ago a friend worked on a project (govt funded) to improve medical record systems and told me what a mess it was/is. Now I know what he was up against!
Although I usually (but not always) receive summaries in paper and/or digital format after an appointment or procedure, the data can get unwieldy pretty quickly. I’d like it consolidated in one place for tracking, trends, later review and summarization.
I decided to try out Apple Health in a more thorough way than I had in the past. It’s easy to enter vitals (BP, HR, oxygen saturation, weight, etc) for things that can be measured at home.
I’d learned to link a few apps (nutrition, Fitbit, meditation) to Health and they all work.
I was happy to find that my local large hospital where I go for specialists participates in the Epic system and I enabled syncing of my medical records from there without much problem.
I had no luck with records from my PCP (private practice). They use Athenahealth, apparently targeting private practices. Forget dental practices.
So I have a partial solution but it could be better. I’m not concerning myself with anything related to insurance, just health status and care history.
Is this pretty much the case for most people? A while ago a friend worked on a project (govt funded) to improve medical record systems and told me what a mess it was/is. Now I know what he was up against!