Your Medical Records Are a Mess. That's Not Your Fault.

Think about the last time you got a blood test.

You received a PDF. Maybe an email. A printout you folded into your bag and forgot about. It had numbers, reference ranges, abbreviations you didn't recognise, and zero explanation of what any of it actually meant for you.

Now multiply that by every scan, every checkup, every specialist visit you've ever had.

Where is all of that right now?

The short answer: request copies from every clinic, lab and hospital you've used (in the US you have a legal right to them), keep everything in one secure place and put a one-page summary of your conditions, medications and allergies on top. Then add each new report as it arrives.

The problem nobody talks about

Your health history is one of the most important things you own. But for most people, it's scattered across email inboxes, clinic portals, WhatsApp messages from family members, and old folders on a laptop that broke two years ago.

When you see a new doctor, you're starting from scratch. When you travel and something goes wrong, you have nothing. When a family member asks about your last results, you have to dig through your phone for twenty minutes.

This isn't a personal failure. It's a system failure. Healthcare was never designed to give patients a clear, organised picture of their own health.

How to get copies of your medical records

In the US, HIPAA gives you the right to get copies of your health records from your doctors, hospitals and labs.

• Start with patient portals. Many clinics and labs let you download reports and results directly.
• Ask the records office for the rest. Providers generally must respond within 30 days and can charge only a reasonable, cost-based fee for copies.
• Ask for digital copies. PDFs are easier to store, search and share than paper.
• Make a one-page summary. Conditions, medications, allergies, surgeries and vaccines in one place. myMD's Health ID is built for exactly this.

Vault, built for you, not for hospitals

myMD Vault gives you one secure place to store every medical document you've ever received. Blood tests, imaging reports, prescriptions, discharge summaries, all in one place, accessible from your phone, anywhere in the world.

But storage is just the beginning.

When you upload a report, myMD reads it for you

Not in medical jargon. In plain language.

You upload your blood test results and myMD tells you what's elevated, what's within range, and what it actually means for your health without you needing a medical degree to understand it.

It's not a diagnosis. It's clarity. The kind your doctor often doesn't have time to give you in a ten minute appointment.

Your health history should travel with you

Whether you're at home, abroad, or sitting in a waiting room filling out forms, your full health picture is in your pocket. Shareable when you need it. Private when you don't.

No more starting from scratch with every new doctor. No more losing track of results from two years ago that suddenly become relevant. No more nodding along to a report you don't actually understand.

Common questions

Do I have a right to my medical records?

Yes. In the US, HIPAA gives you the right to see and get copies of your health records from your doctors, hospitals, labs and health plans.

How long does it take to get them?

Providers generally have up to 30 days to respond. Patient portals are often instant.

Which documents should I keep?

Lab reports, imaging reports, prescriptions, discharge summaries and vaccination records. If in doubt, keep it.

How do I make sense of the reports once I have them?

Upload them to Vault and Ask myMD explains them in plain language. Here's how to read a lab report step by step.

You deserve to understand your own health. That's what myMD was built for.

myMD is a global preventive health app available on iOS and Android. Free to start. Available worldwide.