A blog about the latest updates, stories and ideas from the OneRecord team.

The latest updates, stories and ideas from the OneRecord team.

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OneRecord proudly recognizes LifePoint Health as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

Provider Spotlight: LifePoint Health

January 19th, 2021 - OneRecord proudly recognizes LifePoint Health as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

In advance of the April 2021, 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking compliance date, LifePoint Health has demonstrated initiative to make health data access a reality for their community by allowing patients to access their medical records digitally through consumer-facing health platforms like OneRecord. 

LifePoint Health, which operates over 80 hospital campuses in 30 states, sets an example for other industry provider networks to allow patients to access their data through secure, standards-based APIs using an application of their choice.

Enabling patients to access their digital records through FHIR APIs fortifies LifePoint's commitment to patient care. 

Way to go LifePoint Health! You deserve this round of applause for being so forward-thinking and organized!

OneRecord proudly recognizes Doctors Care as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

Provider Spotlight: Doctors Care

January 11th, 2021 - OneRecord proudly recognizes Doctors Care as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

In advance of the April 2021, 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking compliance date, Doctors Care has demonstrated initiative to make health data access a reality for their community by allowing patients to access their medical records digitally through consumer-facing health platforms like OneRecord. 

Doctors Care provides access to affordable health care, through a coalition of health care providers, to the medically underserved in South Metro Denver. Again they set an example for other industry provider networks, this time by allowing patients to access their data through secure, standards-based APIs using an application of their choice.

Enabling patients to access their digital records through FHIR APIs fortifies Doctors Care's commitment to patient care. 

Way to go Doctors Care! We’re excited you’re building a better patient experience for all.

Devri Valazquez still enjoys a completes life while living with a rare chronic illness. It can be a struggle but with the help of the app called OneRecord she has an easier time navigating her health care journey.  This is how she does it.

How Using OneRecord Helps Ease My Healthcare Journey

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As a patient who is juggling multiple obligations throughout the day, in both work and health, I have found still, after ten years living with my rare chronic illness diagnosis, that explaining my entire medical history to a new physician is just as daunting as the first time. 

I was diagnosed with a rare vascular disease, Takayasu’s Vasculitis, when I was just twenty years old. It overwhelmed me, to say the least. Having to accept the diagnosis forever shifted my life as I knew it. In my new normal, the amount of time, effort, and energy needed to sustain a life like my own requires radical change and self-commitment like no other. 

Throughout the years I have made it past notable hurdles in my health journey worth celebrating. Because of the miraculous work of healthcare professionals, I’ve regained feeling in my limbs, sight in my eyes, a regulated heartbeat, speech after a mini-stroke, and countless other feats of victory. 

But I’ve also had my fair share of hospitalizations, countless lab work each month, procedures, surgeries, tests, scans, medication changes, and all kinds of things my one overloaded brain cannot always remember on a whim. 

As a “spoonie” -- a person living with an invisible chronic illness or permanent physical disability -- part of my norm involves checkups and consults with a wide array of specialists in various medical fields. That includes new doctors who haven’t been looped into my care plan or history since Day 1.  And if they haven't been there since Day 1, they need to be caught up. It's a lot of catching up.

That’s where an app and service like OneRecord plays a major time-saving factor. As a chronic illness warrior, OneRecord allows me to rest my weary memory for a moment. I can simply refer to something that's already in my pocket or my bag: my phone.  And there's the app, ready to go.

On the app I can easily create a profile that consolidates past medical facilities and institutions that I’ve visited, or places I’ve gotten specific tests and blood work done. I can even share those records with the doctor instead of going through the mess of having providers send records to one another. 

I think of OneRecord as a personal medical records assistant, plucking my file from each of the places I’ve received care and organizing them in a digital filing cabinet.

It’s worth mentioning again: OneRecord is a valuable tool for anyone, especially those who need to be able to rely on something that holds their information securely and accessible at a moment’s notice. If your already tired body and mind are ready for a rest, give it a try. It's free and easy to use, and you'll probably thank yourself the next time you go to the doctor. 

Download OneRecord  --> on iPhone or Android.

For more patient stories like mine, follow @GetOneRecord - and if you want to keep up with my journey, I'm @devrivelazquez.

This App Helps Ease My Healthcare Journey

OneRecord proudly recognizes McLeod Health as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

Provider Spotlight: McLeod Health

January 4th, 2021 - OneRecord proudly recognizes McLeod Health as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

In advance of the April 2021, 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking compliance date, McLeod Health has demonstrated initiative to make health data access a reality for their community by allowing patients to access their medical records digitally through consumer-facing health platforms like OneRecord. 

McLeod Health, a staple of the North and South Carolina area, comprising of 7 hospitals and serving more than one million people, sets an example for other industry provider networks to allow patients to access their data through secure, standards-based APIs using an application of their choice.

Enabling patients to access their digital records through FHIR APIs fortifies Macleod’s commitment to patient care. 

Way to go Mcleod Health! We’re excited you’re building a better patient experience for all.

OneRecord Provider Spotlight: Emory HealthCare enables patients to access their digital records through secure, standards-based FHIR APIs

Emory HealthCare enables patients to access records through FHIR APIs

December 18, 2020 - OneRecord proudly recognizes Emory HealthCare as an industry changemaker in our Provider Spotlight.

In advance of the April 2021, 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking compliance date, Emory HealthCare has demonstrated initiative to make health data access a reality for their community by allowing patients to access their medical records digitally through consumer-facing health platforms like OneRecord. 

EmoryHealthcare, an institution of the Georgia area, comprising of 11 hospitals and over 250 provider locations, sets an example for other industry provider networks to allow patients to access their data through secure, standards-based APIs using an application of their choice.

Enabling patients to access their digital records through FHIR APIs fortifies Emory’s commitment to patient care. 

Way to go EmoryHealthcare! We’re excited you’re building a better patient experience for all. 

Emory HealthCare has demonstrated initiative to make health data access a reality for their community by allowing patients to access their medical records digitally through consumer-facing health platforms like OneRecord.

OneRecord Provider Spotlight: Emory HealthCare enables patients to access their digital records through FHIR APIs

The two organizations enable patients and caregivers to clearly express their perspectives so that they are valued, heard, and recognized.

OneRecord and Suffering the Silence Team Up To Empower Patients Everywhere

NEW YORK, December 15, 2020 – OneRecord, a consumer-facing health platform with apps on iOS, Android, and web, announced today it has teamed up with Suffering the Silence, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing the unique life experiences of people living with chronic illnesses and disabilities. STS's mission to share patient stories through the power of art, media, and storytelling directly parallels OneRecord's mission for patients to take ownership of their health data and ensure providers understand their health journey. With an emphasis on improving the delivery of healthcare, this enables patients and caregivers to clearly and confidently express their experience and concerns so that they are valued, heard, and recognized.

Jennifer Blumenthal, Co-Founder and CEO of OneRecord, first met Allie Cashel, Co-Founder of Suffering the Silence, in 2017. Not long after both discovered they share a passion towards actively working on a mission to amplify patient stories, the strategic partnership was solidified. 

"It is empowering to have a platform to tell your story and for people to listen," regards Cashel about patients living with chronic illnesses and disabilities. "It's also important for other patients who are suffering to hear these stories and know they can be supported. And further, their stories can be recognized at the organizational level to incite changes in the healthcare system. Our community is stronger with tools like OneRecord. Both of our organizations can work together to spread the message that suffering in silence is too common -- going at it alone and without the right [support] shouldn't be normal."

By working together, OneRecord and STS break down the barriers that patients face within the healthcare system, arming them with the supportive arsenal they need to continue being active participants in their own medical journeys. 

As 2021 approaches, the two organizations plan to collaborate in a number of ways including live and virtual activations that will aim to share stories of patient experiences. Along with the events, they plan to continue extending knowledge around the ONC's 21st Century Cures Act which is legislation enabling patients to access their personal data needed to share their stories. Right now, more than ever, this is crucial for a community that is far too often overlooked and underrepresented. 

"Joining with Suffering the Silence keeps us rooted in the reason we started OneRecord -- to give patients the tools to advocate for themselves," states Blumenthal. "We wanted to build a platform to empower people to access and own their medical history digitally. As we work on the technology to do this, having real stories told by real patients helps the OneRecord team co-design future functionality and a better patient experience for all with real people's experiences inspiring in every line of code. These stories -- these humans -- motivate us to work hard and design for systematic change we want to see made in the US healthcare."

Sign up for OneRecord or download the mobile app HERE

Learn more about STS and hear the stories of the community HERE

OneRecord and Suffering the Silence Team Up to Empower Patients Everywhere

OneRecord is Now Serving Digital Medical Records to Veterans Nationwide

OneRecord Helps Veterans Get Their Medical Records in One Place

Veterans of the United States, have sacrificed so much while serving our country.  We at OneRecord want to show our thanks for the privileges and rights Veterans protect. Here’s a way to (hopefully) make Veteran life a little easier every time you go see your doctor. 

In short, we’ve created a hassle-free, easy way for Veterans to retrieve all their medical records in one place.  Whether it’s for you (Veteran), your caretaker, and/or any family members in charge of your care plan - accessing and viewing your medical records has never been easier. 

No longer will you have to spend time organizing all those paper records or worrying that your missing one, OneRecord is your single place for all your health information.  

Jimmy Shirey (E5, 1966 -1969) points out, “as a military veteran who served in Vietnam, I have received care from the VA healthcare facilities. I have also received care from a number of civilian healthcare facilities. It is nice to be able to find and merge my VA records with my other health records using OneRecord. I’m glad to have it all in one place.”

This was made possible when The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and OneRecord teamed up to provide an all-in-one platform that lets you easily retrieve your medical records from any of the 1,255 VA facilities and external providers, nationwide.

Plus with OneRecord Share, doctors and other providers can be given read-only digital versions of medical documents and records. When medical professionals know the whole health story of a patient, they can make better informed decisions and provide quality care. 

As we continue to navigate a new normal during COVID-19, healthcare is changing rapidly. Sharing health information with loved ones, triaging at-home, and telemedicine appointments are commonplace, especially among the Veteran community. Digital records may seem like another big change, but they are very simple to set up and understand - and secure to access via the OneRecord app on smart devices or here, on the web.

“It’s a tremendous privilege to serve Veterans,” is a common phrase for OneRecord co-founder and CEO, Jennifer Blumenthal to say. “OneRecord can serve veterans by giving them access to and ownership of all their health information in one place - their OneRecord.”

Veterans, you have served our country and now OneRecord has the honor of serving you by giving you full autonomy over what matters most: your health.

OneRecord is Helping Veterans Get Their Medical Records in One Place

The OneRecord Blog

Provider Spotlight: LifePoint Health

Provider Spotlight: Doctors Care

How Using OneRecord Helps Ease My Healthcare Journey

Provider Spotlight: McLeod Health

Provider Spotlight: Emory HealthCare

OneRecord and Suffering the Silence Team Up to Empower Patients Everywhere

OneRecord is Helping Veterans Get Their Medical Records in One Place

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