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Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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Can you entire results directly? I thought another app had to enter the data for you.

I have my Apple Health app synced with my health provider (Kaiser). Test results auto-sync as Kaiser updates it.

Same. But I can’t enter results directly into Apple Health.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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Can you entire results directly? I thought another app had to enter the data for you.

Yes, you can directly enter the results. Go to Health->Browse->Vitals->Blood Pressure and hit "Add Data".

You can also add weight, vitals, and some other data (eg glucose) but I don’t see how to add lab results manually.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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Dashlabs.ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dashlabs-ai

We work with diagnostic laboratories in the Philippines. Besides blood tests, we let users input results for clinical chemistry tests, x-rays, and more. We're also able to pull results straight out from hematology analyzers and other diagnostic equipment.

We also provide delta checking (comparison of your current vs past results), reference range checks, and unit conversion. We don't offer insights, but it is something we can build with a large enough dataset.

Hit me up if you're interested!

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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What's an EMR? Where is it stored?

EMR = Electronic Medical Records a.k.a your hospitals computer system. Mere is a PWA stores all of your records in localStorage in your browser, data is not stored on any server.

If this is localStorage then it is hardly persistent. A cleanup of the browser will zing all the data without a warning.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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Yes, you can directly enter the results. Go to Health->Browse->Vitals->Blood Pressure and hit "Add Data".

That’s blood pressure— I think the OP means CBC results.

Yea you can sync cbc results directly from the lab.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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Fasten Health [1] is an open-source, self-hosted, personal/family electronic medical record aggregator, designed to integrate with 100,000's of insurances/hospitals/clinics. It's designed to automatically pull your medical records from your EMR -- but users can also enter their conditions, medications and procedures manually. We have plans to allow users to manually enter their lab results [2], however that feature h…

This is probably specific to the US? It would be nice for the Readme to clarify that aspect.

Hey! It is definitely US-centric, however FHIR (the protocol that Fasten speaks natively) is an international standard. We're tracking international support in this github issue - https://github.com/fastenhealth/fasten-onprem/issues/42

However, we'll make sure to update the README to make it clearer that international providers are not supported yet.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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Fasten Health [1] is an open-source, self-hosted, personal/family electronic medical record aggregator, designed to integrate with 100,000's of insurances/hospitals/clinics. It's designed to automatically pull your medical records from your EMR -- but users can also enter their conditions, medications and procedures manually. We have plans to allow users to manually enter their lab results [2], however that feature h…

Awesome project. Was poking around to see how the sources are generated, but it seems like the repo doesn't exist (or was made private)? https://github.com/fastenhealth/fasten-sources-gen

ah, it's not super interesting. Most EMR systems provide an open list of FHIR endpoints for their customers. `fasten-source-gen` is basically an ETL repository which imports the endpoint metadata provided by these EMR systems and enriches it with data from NPPES, Google Maps, user contributed data, Mechanical Turk and elsewhere.

- Epic: https://open.epic.com/MyApps/Endpoints - Cerner: https://github.com/cerner/ignite-endpoints

It will be open sourced (eventually) -- once I've cleaned up some test credentials that were inadvertently committed to the repo.

Hope that answers your question?

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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If you're looking for a well-integrated web app product that isn't something you can run locally on your computer, Picnic Health [1] is really good at this. They import all your medical records from the providers who use electronic health record systems with APIs and collect your medical records from the providers that don't use those systems or aren't as technologically savvy. They digitize everything and put it in…

While a good looking service, it seems pretty expensive unless you’re willing to donate your data to research?

Yeah, when I used it in the past, that was the case. However, when I used it, they didn't have donating your data to research as an option. Look here: https://help.picnichealth.com/t/y4hh8lr/how-much-does-picnic...

It's free if you have one the conditions they're looking for or they accept you to be part of a research group

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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If you're looking for a well-integrated web app product that isn't something you can run locally on your computer, Picnic Health [1] is really good at this. They import all your medical records from the providers who use electronic health record systems with APIs and collect your medical records from the providers that don't use those systems or aren't as technologically savvy. They digitize everything and put it in…

I’ve had so many doctors over the years and have lived in many different states. Does Picnic Health find my records even if I can’t recall my doctor’s names or do I have to tell them every office they need to contact? I’m not sure if doctors report patient records to some central authority, which would obviously make this work much easier.

I'm not sure. I used the service in the past and I'm considering using it again. Picnic Health is really great if you're seeing a lot of different doctors over a short period of time or you have a health issue that involves coordination of a lot of records. It's really a pain to deal with different offices to get your medical records exchanged.

However, I was surprised when I used it last. They were able to find doctors that I didn't report. Turns out a lot of doctors are part of networks in geographical areas that allow sharing of medical records. They might've also used my insurance provider. If you see doctors with insurance, the insurance company will also have a record.

I don't think doctors are required to report patient records to a central authority. The government is able to access medical records without a warrant though. They might have a centralized way of knowing which doctors a person has visited.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a webapp to input/store your blood test results?

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post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

EMR = Electronic Medical Records a.k.a your hospitals computer system. Mere is a PWA stores all of your records in localStorage in your browser, data is not stored on any server.

If this is localStorage then it is hardly persistent. A cleanup of the browser will zing all the data without a warning.

Sorry, I meant indexeddb not localStorage, but yeah a cleanup would clear it as well. Mere supports data export/import though, and data loss hasn’t been much of an issue yet in practice.

The goal is to be able to back up and restore encrypted blobs to external storage (s3, Dropbox, etc) to mitigate this and enable sync across devices, but this isn’t implemented yet.

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