There is a new family
health history tool, My Family Health Portrait, from the surgeon general in
English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.
Genealogists
and family historians are in an enviable position when filling out this new
tool. We have probably collected death
certificates and/or obituaries for several generations, including collateral
lines! For us, it just becomes a matter
of entering the data.
A nice
feature of this tool is that you can “share” your history with a family member
so that they can use the “common” information as a starting point for their own
family health history. This can be
really helpful for siblings, children, cousins, nieces/nephews, where there is
overlap in the family tree.
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| Source: http://www.phrstoday.com/my-family-health-portrait.html |
Looking
around, I found a site, PHR Reviews which mentions many other health history and/or
health records software/apps/services which might have more relevance to your
particular situation.
Though, if
you are looking for an easy-to-use tool to capture the highlights for your
family’s health history, assuming it’s not too complicated, the new tool by the
surgeon general might be a great place to start!
Have you documented your family’s
health history? Besides the value to you and your living extended family, has
doing this helped you research your ancestors?
Editor’s Note: National Family
Health History Day is Thanksgiving of each year. As one gathers with family, this holiday is always
a good time to have this information available and current! Though, don’t wait until Thanksgiving to
gather this information!
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