What is the Health Risks feature in Wingspan Health?

The Health Risks feature in Wingspan Health gives you a quick summary of risk factors for common health conditions and diseases. You can see the last time you had a certain test done that screens as a factor to a certain health condition.

Not every single factor that may contribute to your risk is covered on this page nor is your specific risk calculated, but you can see if there’s anything else you should consider looking into or doing.

How does the Health Risks feature in Wingspan Health work?

After adding patient portals in your Wingspan account from your healthcare providers, Wingspan pulls all of your medical information from your health records related to clinical data (vital signs and test results) and compares them to evidence-based medicine standards for health conditions in the Health Risks feature.

Now, we’ll break down how each section of the Health Risks feature works.

Feel free to chat with us if you have any questions about this feature in the Wingspan app when you sign in or at hello@wingspanhealth.com!

Your Risk Factors

In this section, you get a personalized summary of your risk factors based on information from your vital signs, lab results, family history, and other parts of your medical record so you can see how your metrics compare to those risk factors for a common health condition or disease.

Each risk factor is paired with an outside source (like The Mayo Clinic) that explains the connection to a health condition or disease.

*Example Risk Factors section for Heart Disease*

Why is BMI a risk factor?

While BMI is correlated with higher risk factors for some diseases, there's growing research that other metrics are much more important to health and disease risk than BMI alone. We present BMI as a risk factor on these pages so you can feel informed and empowered in conversations that you might have with your doctor. However, we're not here to tell you to lose weight.

Decrease Your Risk

In this section, you can see the bigger risk picture to help you make decisions about your healthcare needs.

Next Screening Measurements

In this section, you can see the next times you can get screened for certain tests and procedures that contribute to your risk factors for a health condition.

Current Health Risks Pages in Wingspan Health

Currently, in Wingspan, you can see health risk pages for the following conditions:

This page will be updated as more health conditions get added to the Health Risks feature.

Heart Disease

Risk Factors

Blood Pressure: this factor is a vital sign and can be measured at a primary care visit
Cholesterol Ratio: this factor is a blood test result and is recommended every 5 years
Triglycerides: this factor is a blood test result and is recommended every 5 years
Smoking: this factor can be measured by taking the smoking quiz in your Wingspan Health account (learn why your doctor asks if you smoke in this blog post)
Activity: this factor can be measured by taking the activity quiz in your Wingspan Health account
BMI: this factor is a vital sign and can be measured at a primary care visit
Family History: this factor shows the number of recorded cardiovascular conditions in your family from when you took the Family History Questionnaire in your Wingspan Health account

Diabetes

Risk Factors

Glucose: this factor is a blood test result and can be measured at a primary care visit

A1C: this factor is a blood test result and can be measured at a primary care visit
Blood Pressure: this factor is a vital sign and can be measured at a primary care visit
Triglycerides: this factor is a test result and is recommended every 5 years
Activity: this factor can be measured by taking the activity quiz in your Wingspan Health account
BMI: this factor is a vital sign and can be measured at a primary care visit
Family History: this factor shows the number of recorded instances of diabetes in your family from when you took the Family History Questionnaire in your Wingspan Health account

Cancer

Based on CDC guidance for your age and sex, the following screenings may or not be recommended to you for certain types of cancers.

Screenings

Ovarian Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms
Breast Cancer: get screened if you feel a lump during a self breast exam OR turn 50 years old
Colon Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms OR turn 50 years old
Pancreatic Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms
Prostate Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms
Testicular Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms
Thyroid Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms
Skin Cancer: see how to give yourself an exam
Bladder Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms or a doctor recommends
Oral Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms or a doctor recommends
Lung Cancer: get screened if you experience relevant symptoms OR turn 55 years old

About Wingspan Health

Wingspan Health is a healthcare technology company that believes that quality healthcare should be accessible for everyone.

Our tool, Wingspan, helps you manage your healthcare by bringing all of your health records in one place – any patient portal account from each of your healthcare providers.

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