Tracking your lab results over time: MoraHealth's test history chart

MoraHealth brings all the lab results you upload into one place and shows how each test changes over time on a chart. Instead of searching hospital portals or old emails for "What was my result last year?", you see the answer on one screen. This post explains how to build your lab history and how to read it.

If you are new to MoraHealth, start with What is MoraHealth?

Why one result is not enough#

A single lab test is a snapshot of one day. To see whether a value is stable, creeping up, or changed after a treatment, you need the same test's results from different dates side by side. When the tests were done at different hospitals, in different years, comparing them by hand is hard.

Step 1: upload your past lab results#

Upload the lab report PDFs you got from hospitals, laboratories or patient portals on the Lab Results page. You can select several files at once; each one is offered to you as a separate record to approve.

• For the first 30 days, new accounts can upload 10 reports a month; use that window to bring in your older results.
• No PDF? Enter an older result yourself with Add Record Manually; manual entries are unlimited.

Which files are accepted is covered in detail in Which reports can I upload?

Step 2: check the test names on the approval screen#

What was read is shown to you before it is saved. Look at the test names in particular: the chart joins tests with the same name within the same profile.

Different labs may name the same test differently (an abbreviation or the full name, for example). If you want a test's history to appear as one line on the chart, correct the name on the approval screen so it matches your earlier records. If the unit differs, keep that in mind when comparing results.

Step 3: open a test's history#

Select a test on the Lab Results page to open its history:

• Chart: results are plotted by date. A chart needs at least two numeric results.
• Table: the result, unit and the lab's reference range on each date.

Non-numeric results such as "negative" or "positive" appear in the table but are not plotted.

Filtering the list#

As the number of tests grows, find what you need with:

• Search: by hospital or test name.
• Year range: show only tests from certain years.
• Show Out-of-Range Results: list only values outside the lab's reference range.

A result outside the reference range does not always mean a serious problem, and a result within range does not on its own mean everything is fine. The chart shows you the change; your doctor judges what that change means.

Another way to compare: the AI summary#

When you ask for an AI summary of a lab report and pick an earlier report to compare with, the summary also explains in plain language what changed between the two. What the summary looks at, and what it does not do, is explained in What does MoraHealth's AI summary analyze, and what not?

At the doctor's appointment#

Opening the relevant test's chart on your phone or computer during an appointment is quicker than describing it. To see your medications, conditions and operations on one page, My Health Summary PDF is the tool for that.

MoraHealth is a health records app; it is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always review your results with your doctor.