Tools & Resources for Patients and Community Members
Understanding our health is important to staying well and receiving the highest quality health care. Please see below for online tools and resources to manage your health and talk with your physician.
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Mayo Clinic Health Manager
With the help of Microsoft’s Health Vault, the Mayo Clinic’s Health Manager helps patients track their medical records and other health information electronically while providing customized advice related to a family’s health needs.
Your Disease Risk
This free tool developed by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis can help survey takers understand their risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them.
Navigating the Healthcare System
Preventing medical errors is a task best shared by care providers and patients. In these videos, Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director of the federal government’s Agency for Health Care Quality and Research gives patients advice on and examples of questions they should ask about their medical tests, surgery, and medicines so they can avoid medical errors.
www.healthfinder.gov
A government website with health care information for consumers including a Guide to Healthy Living and Personal Health Tools.
www.ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer
A government website with ways to help patients and families ask questions of physicians and other health care providers.
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