Medical records

Medical records in LifeWell is a personal copy of three kinds of clinical reference: typed lab results, a vaccination log, and a free-text medical history. Each entry is manually entered (or photographed) by you, lives only in your account, and is exportable to PDF for sharing with a clinician. It is not an electronic health record (EHR), not connected to any provider portal, and not a substitute for the formal records your clinic keeps.

This page is a "I'd like to keep this with me" surface, not an insurance-grade record system. Treat it as a glove-box copy of useful clinical detail, available offline, that travels with your account.

What you can store

Surface	Field shape	Use
Lab results	Test name + values + date in the notes field	Bloodwork, cholesterol panel, A1C, thyroid, vitamin D, hormone panels
Vaccinations	Vaccine name + date in the notes field	COVID, flu, MMR, tetanus, HPV, travel vaccines
Medical history	Free-text history note	Past conditions, surgeries, family history, allergies

Each surface follows the same simple-form pattern as the conditions pages: a small form, a list of past entries, optional PDF export.

Lab results

The lab-results page captures one test result per entry. The form asks for:

• Numeric value (validated as a non-negative number, used for trend charts when the same test is logged repeatedly)
• Notes (required) — type the full test name, the reference range from your lab report, units, and any context

Example notes content:

HbA1c — 5.4% (reference 4.0–5.6%), drawn 2026-04-22 by LabCorp, fasting not required for this test

The reason this isn't a structured table is that lab tests vary enormously in their fields (single value, ratio, qualitative, sub-panels), and a structured schema strict enough to be useful would also be too strict to fit the test you actually want to log. Free-text notes are flexible; the trend chart still works for any single recurring numeric value.

A photo-of-report upload (with FilesHub for storage) is on the roadmap. For now, photograph the report on your phone and store the file outside LifeWell, then type the key values here.

Vaccinations

The vaccinations page logs one shot per entry. The form asks for:

• Value (kept at 1 — represents one dose; this is not a quantity)
• Notes (required) — vaccine name, dose number, brand if known, location, date

Example:

COVID-19 mRNA booster — Pfizer-BioNTech, dose 4, administered 2026-09-15 at City Pharmacy, lot #ABC123

The CDC and your country's national immunisation programme publish recommended schedules. LifeWell does not check whether your vaccination history matches the recommended schedule — that's a clinician conversation. The app keeps the receipt.

Medical history

The medical-history surface is one free-text note per significant entry. Useful entries:

• Surgeries — what, when, who performed it, what hospital.
• Hospitalisations — date, reason, length of stay.
• Past conditions — anything diagnosed and treated.
• Active conditions — chronic conditions worth a clinician knowing about.
• Family history — first-degree relatives with significant conditions.
• Drug allergies and intolerances — what reaction, how severe.
• Implanted devices — pacemaker, IUD, surgical hardware.

A clinician taking your history is going to ask these questions. Having the answers typed out (with dates and specifics) speeds up every visit.

Export and sharing

Each surface has a PDF export from the page header. Useful for:

• Pre-filling a new-patient intake form.
• Travel — keeping a copy of vaccinations and key medications.
• A second-opinion appointment where you don't want to rely on the new clinician requesting records.
• Emergency contacts — a partner or family member can have an export if you've arranged it.

Partner sharing (read-only) is available under Data sharing — useful for spouses managing a partner's care.

Privacy

Medical-records data is among the most sensitive in the app. Same posture as everything else:

• Per-user Firestore documents, rule-protected so only you can read.
• Not sold, not mined for AI training, not aggregated.
• Free-text notes (test names, vaccine brands, history) are visible only to you.
• Account deletion schedules a 30-day grace window, after which everything is purged (see Security).

For users in jurisdictions with specific medical-records regulations (HIPAA in the US, GDPR Article 9 special categories in the EU, similar elsewhere), note that LifeWell is a consumer self-tracker, not a covered entity — your provider's EHR remains the formal medical record.

What this surface is not

LifeWell medical records are:

• Not an EHR. No HL7 interoperability, no FHIR endpoints, no provider-portal sync.
• Not insurance-acceptable. Insurers require provider-issued records, not user-typed ones.
• Not authenticated. Anyone with access to your unlocked LifeWell account can edit your medical history. Use a strong password and enable 2FA if your auth provider supports it.
• Not reviewed for accuracy. The app does not verify a typed-in test name is real, a vaccine brand exists, or a date is plausible.
• Not a reminder for upcoming care. Set vaccination boosters, lab-followup dates, etc. as reminders manually under Reminders.

How to make this surface most useful

A few practices that work for users with chronic conditions or frequent specialist visits:

1. Type the lab-report row exactly — test name, value, units, reference range, lab name. Future-you (and a new clinician) will not remember the lab's specific reference range from a screenshot.
2. Use the same name across entries — "HbA1c" not "A1C" some times and "Hemoglobin A1C" others. Consistent naming makes the trend chart work and future-you's search faster.
3. Date everything in the note as well as the timestamp. The timestamp is when you logged it; the note's date is when the test or shot happened. They're often weeks apart.
4. Photograph the report and store it outside the app for now. The note here is a typed summary, not the source.

Frequently asked

Can I import records from my provider portal? Not yet. Provider-portal integration (via HL7 FHIR or similar) is on the long-term roadmap but is a substantial engineering effort and may require regional certifications. For now, copy the key values manually.

Why does the vaccinations form require a numeric value when it doesn't matter? A historical schema quirk — all simple-form pages share the same value + notes shape, and the vaccination page hardcodes value=1. A cleaner schema is on the roadmap.

Can I attach a photo of a lab report? Photo upload is a planned feature pending FilesHub wiring. For now, store the photo in your phone's gallery (or your cloud drive) and reference its filename in the notes.

What happens to medical records if I close my account? Same as all other data — 30-day grace window, then complete purge. If you need a permanent copy for your records, export every PDF before initiating account deletion.

Can I import a CSV of past lab results? Not yet. CSV import is on the roadmap.

Where to read next

• Conditions — log ongoing conditions whose history lives here.
• Medications — log the medications referenced in your history.
• Vitals — daily vital signs that complement lab results.
• Privacy and security — how this sensitive data is protected.

---

Last updated: 2026-05-11 Author: Ahsan Mahmood