Provider Engagement Archives - Journal My Health

C3HIE and Journal My Health Announce Strategic Partnership to Empower Patients and Enhance Care Coordination

December 17, 2024 by Tracey Welson-Rossman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Antonio, TX – December 1, 2024 – C3HIE, a leader in health information exchange (HIE) across Texas, and Journal My Health (JMH), a patient-centric health data platform, announced a strategic partnership to empower patients and improve care coordination. This collaboration will leverage JMH’s innovative platform to enhance patient engagement and facilitate … Read more

Putting Women’s Health In the Spotlight

September 30, 2024 by Tracey Welson-Rossman

This eye-opening article from HLTH Community sheds light on the stark disparities in women’s healthcare and medical research. Did you know women spend 25% more of their lives in ill health compared to men? Or that less than 25% of physicians feel comfortable diagnosing common conditions like heart disease in women? The piece goes on … Read more

Journaling Health to Be Heard and to Heal

August 31, 2021 by Becca Refford

Tracey Welson-Rossman, our Founder, and Dr. Marta T. Becker, our Chief Medical Officer, were hosts on Laura Steward’s podcast. In this interview, they talk about why (and how) health journaling helps patients use their data to reach their health goals. Show Description “Covid has put health at the top of many minds this past year … Read more

Telehealth Best Practices: Dr Marta T. Becker of My Journal Health On How To Best Care For Your Patients When They Are Not Physically In Front Of You

August 3, 2021 by Becca Refford

One of the consequences of the pandemic is the dramatic growth of Telehealth and Telemedicine. But how can doctors and providers best care for their patients when they are not physically in front of them? What do doctors wish patients knew in order to make sure they are getting the best results even though they … Read more

The Transformational Potential of Owning Your Own Health Story

July 27, 2021 by Tracey Welson-Rossman

These days, many of us are approaching our old routines with a newfound sense of appreciation and gratitude. We’re also re-evaluating and prioritizing the most meaningful aspects of our lives. For many of us, we’re more focused than maybe ever on the importance of directing our health and wellness so that we might be better … Read more

Patient Power!

June 30, 2021May 26, 2021 by Becca Refford

Sometimes understanding what is bothering someone and fixing it is pretty easy. Here is an example: They had a recent cold and now their ear hurts. I look into the ear and it is red and swollen. I give them antibiotics and a decongestant and they feel better. Done. But so much of doctoring is … Read more

Health-Tracking App Promotes Patient Empowerment

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 by Becca Refford

Journal My Health, a new app created by local entrepreneur Tracey Welson-Rossman, is billed as a tool for patients and their physicians to manage illness. The app, which allows users to track symptoms in a private, detailed and simple manner, is intended to help patients give their providers as accurate of a picture of their … Read more

Journal For Your Health

April 26, 2021 by Tracey Welson-Rossman

Written by Marta Becker, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Journal My Health. When you were a kid, didn’t you love connect-the-dots? The best puzzles were the complicated ones, where you couldn’t tell what the picture was going to be until you started connecting the dots, and then slowly the image would emerge of a dolphin … Read more

Using Stakeholder Engagement to Overcome Barriers to Implementing Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs) in Cancer Care Delivery

January 25, 2021May 31, 2019 by Tracey Welson-Rossman

By Stover, Angela M. PhD*,; Tompkins Stricker, Carrie PhD, RN; Hammelef, Karen DNP, RN; Henson, Sydney BS; Carr, Philip BS; Jansen, Jennifer MPH; Deal, Allison M. MS; Bennett, Antonia V. PhD*,; Basch, Ethan M. MSc, MD. Introduction: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures used during cancer care delivery improve communication about symptoms between patients and clinicians and reduce service … Read more