Recently moved? Health insurance changed? Changed doctors? Seeking a second opinion or a specialist? Want to contribute to the advancement of health research? Whatever the reason, you need your past mammograms and want a digital tool that allows you collect, store and share your medical records securely and electronically.
By owning your medical records, you are in control of your healthcare experience. You are free to share your data with your care team, advocate for your health, or contribute to research. Mammosphere puts you in control and is available through a sponsor such as a health plan, employer, or health organization.
When it comes to breast health, your personal health history plays a significant role in your current and future care. All women will undergo breast screenings throughout her lifetime. Regardless of your journey, your prior breast health history, including prior mammograms, are critical for quality and timely care.
Take an active role in your breast health. The most important step you can take is owning your historical medical records, like your prior mammorgrams. Doctors need this information, but typically rely on patients to share records from past doctors. By arming yourself and your doctor with prior records, you help them identify changes over time and determine the difference between normal tissue and new changes they may want to further examine.
Historical breast health records support every woman:
Whether you are just beginning the routine screening process or have been getting mammogram check-ups for years, organize your prior exams in one place to take control of your care experience.
Doctors need your breast health history to closely monitor and identify changes before they can be felt in a physical breast exam. Doctors may recommend those with family history or genetic predisposition start regular mammogram screenings at a younger age or undergo more frequent screenings. This means more records to keep track of.
Your care team is expanding and it is important to be able to share your current and prior breast health records with doctors across different departments and organizations without having to drive from facility to facility or wait for records to be shared.
Follow-up care is essential in remission. Your care team will continue to monitor for warning signs. While you will have an individual care plan, you will still need to keep track of breast health screening and treatment records to support your care.
By owning your breast health records you are able to share information to support research studies and trials that could advance understanding of disease and medicine, and discover new treatment options.
Click here to learn more about how to take ownership of your personal health information.
Women can electronically request their images from a hospital or breast imaging center.
Eliminating the need to physically pick up the images that the facility burned to a CD and reducing wait time for the images to be shipped.
Have a CD from the past? Images can be uploaded from a CD onto the secure platform.
Images can be easily viewed all in one place in the Mammosphere account.
Images can be shared with a click of a button with care teams, researchers and loved ones.
As a Patient You Have Rights Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), you have the right to access copies of your medical information, including your mammograms.
Five key things you should know:
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