Healthcare for Humans
A Blog by Wingspan Health
Discover more of our articles, lists, and tools to navigate healthcare.
How is Wingspan Health different from Apple Health?
Both Wingspan Health and Apple Health can get your medical records in one place, read more to see what makes them different.
1200+ Healthcare Providers who are Connected with Wingspan Health
This is a growing list of 1200+ healthcare providers that you can add your patient portal to your Wingspan Health account.
How to Get a Patient Portal
A patient portal is a website or app by your doctor or any healthcare provider where you can see information from your electronic medical record.
What is an EMR in healthcare?
EMRs (electronic medical records) are the technology behind the patient portals you use at your doctor that lets you access your medical records online.
Family History Questionnaire
The Family History Questionnaire is a form in Wingspan Health's Family History feature to see if a family member has a history of certain health conditions.
How to Organize Your Family Medical History in Wingspan Health
The Family History feature lets you organize an online medical history of your family’s health conditions in your Wingspan Health account.
What is Deadnaming?
Deadnaming is referring someone of their former name without consent and is a painfully accurate example of why design matters in healthcare software.
Vital Signs
Vital Signs in your Wingspan Health account show all of the clinical health data that each of your doctors measures every time you see them, organized in a graph and data table.
How to Add Patient Portals to Your Wingspan Account
Connected Organizations are a list of your healthcare providers that you linked their patient portals to your Wingspan account.