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Health-Tracking App Promotes Patient Empowerment
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JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
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
health as possible during their
visits. If patients can refer to
an easy-to-navigate record
of their symptoms, activities
and medications, the thinking
goes, their physicians can more
accurately plot the next steps in
treatment. “I often wish I could place a
Vulcan mind meld on patients
to instantaneously understand
how they are feeling and what
they have observed. A patient
may not think to mention their
big toe occasionally turns blue,
but that may be an important
diagnostic clue, or not,” said
Dr. Marta T. Becker, chief
medical officer of Journal My
Health. “Physicians’ brains are
honed to cut through informa-
tion and recognize meaningful
patterns. Journal My Health
reduces the time required to
gather and analyze compre-
hensive health information
and formulate a personalized
treatment plan.”
For Welson-Rossman,
founder and CEO of Journal
My Health, the app is more
than a business venture. It’s
a response to her personal
experience with a chronic
condition, and a way to give
patients the feeling that they
are empowered to take charge
of their own health.

Twenty years ago, Welson-
Rossman was injured in a car
accident that continues to cause
her chronic pain. Managing
the day-to-day pain was one
thing; managing all of the
different sources of informa-
tion, whether from her body,
her doctors; or her environ-
ment, was another difficult
job on top of that. Her analog
version of Journal My Health
was juggling everything in her
head and a folder. Dealing with
multiple doctors, she often
found herself struggling to
recall who had what informa-
tion, and when they’d gotten it.

Welson-Rossman’s idea
See App, Page 10
Tracey Welson-Rossman
Photo by Nell Hoving
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