Guides
Plain guides to
keeping a health record.
How to keep the notes a doctor can use, for yourself and for the people you look after. Written by the people who make Biojrnl; none of it is medical advice.
- How to keep a health journal for your doctor
What to write down, how to keep it in order, and how to hand a doctor a one-page summary. A plain guide, with what to look for in a health journal app. - How to keep a symptom diary
A symptom diary is one dated line per episode: what, where, how bad, what was going on. How to keep one that a doctor can read, and what to do with it. - Keeping a medication list for a parent you look after
A current list of a parent's medicines, doses and times, kept where every carer can see it, with doses ticked off. How to set it up and keep it true. - How to keep your own record of blood test results
Copy the number, the unit and the date from each result into one place, and keep the letter. Why a home record of blood tests helps, and what it must not try to do. - How to prepare for a doctor's appointment
Ten minutes of preparation gets more out of a ten-minute appointment: one page of facts, three questions, and the paperwork found the night before. - Writing a handover note for a babysitter or carer
What a sitter or carer needs for one evening or one week: medicines and times, allergies, the routine, who to call. Short, dated, and taken back when the arrangement ends. - Health journal or medical record: what is the difference
Your medical record is kept by your clinicians and belongs to the clinic's system. A health journal is your own account, in your words. Why you want both and how they work together. - How to choose a private health app
Eight questions to ask before you type your health into an app: where the data lives, who can read it, whether you can leave, and who pays for it.
Yours to keep,
in your pocket.
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