In 2015, the National Partnership for Women & Families launched the GetMyHealthData initiative to see what happens in the real world when people request digital copies of their health data. We wanted to understand how to make it easier for…
Earlier this year, I received a Fitbit device from my partner - a confirmation of my digital diva disposition and perhaps a subtle message that I needed to set a higher “step-goal” for myself. Accepting the fitness challenge, I began…
These days, technological devices are an extension of our fingertips. When it comes to our health, these tools help us track calories burned, heart rate and even blood sugar. But what about other health information that lives in our medical…
By Erin Mackay and Christine Bechtel, GetMyHealthData Coordinators Just over a year ago, the health care community found itself at a crossroads: Now that almost every provider in the country has some form of electronic health record, why were there…
-Elizabeth Brasington and Erin Mackay, GetMyHealthData Cats have nine lives to figure out how to get their health data, but you don't have that kind of time. Here are 9 facts about digital health records from the curious cats…
