The Health Festival of Geelong – a Huge Success

2024-07-28T12:26:36+10:00July 27, 2024|Blog, Education, Health Management, Media|

My Health Story (MHS) was thrilled to be invited as 'a fellow dedicated health care provider' to the inaugural Health Festival of Geelong last week. The event was a unique opportunity to focus on Health Promotion and increase health literacy. Organised by a team of clinicians, the Health Festival of Geelong was a chance for all stakeholders (patients, carers, professionals, allied healthcare workers, specialists, Government, and more) to discover resources in the region of Geelong Victoria, all in [...]

Digital Health Festival 2024 – Start Up Heaven

2024-05-13T09:46:11+10:00May 13, 2024|Blog, Health tech, Media|

What a thrilling two days at the Digital Health Festival 2024 (DHF) at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre! Soula and Theo Mantalvanos, founder and director of My Health Story (MHS), attended the event after being short-listed for the extraordinary opportunity of a booth in the Start-Up Arena. DHF is where 7,000 people whose primary interests and work are in healthcare and progressing the industry through innovation. In short, the DHF is the ultimate place for health-inspired ideas. In the first few hours, it became apparent that the idea of individuals self-managing their health information and coordinating their care was no longer foreign—the DHF audience was well-versed on the topic and eager for a tool to help them better arm and/or understand their patients and clients.

Come and see My Health Story at the Digital Health Festival May 7 – 8, 2024

2024-04-26T10:51:03+10:00April 26, 2024|Blog, Media|

The Digital Health Festival 2024 (DHF24) is just days away, and the My Health Story (MHS) team is getting ready to meet the health industry's movers and shakers. Will you be there? The event is 90% sold out. The DHF24 is all about the future of healthcare – that's why we're there.  As a start-up, MHS is there to present to the healthcare industry and meet possible partners. What is MHS looking for specifically? MHS wants to meet with leaders interested in patient-centred care and patient empowerment. To meet with groups, services, and employees in the healthcare industry that can implement MHS into healthcare, and by that, we mean:

My Health Story at the Digital Health Festival in 2024

2023-12-27T13:51:13+11:00December 27, 2023|Achievements, Blog, Health tech, Media|

The Digital Health Festival (DHF) is Australia's most important health transformation event. DHF is where health leaders meet to learn new skills, assess the latest solutions, network and form partnerships. It's also where they get the chance to meet a select group of 'trailblazing startups' who are out to revolutionise healthcare. My Health Story is thrilled to be accepted as one of these trailblazers presenting at the DHF24 event held 7 - 8 May at the Melbourne Convention [...]

The Hurting Strings – An Artist’s Story of Pain

2023-09-18T12:36:25+10:00September 18, 2023|Advocacy, Blog, Media|

The Hurting Strings, an award-winning documentary was created by Australian filmmaker Peter Lamont in 2014 and has had thousands of views resonating with so many people living with invisible illness. It is a little sad that the film still has so much meaning, in fact, it's still relevant so many years later. I truly wish it wasn't. 

Soula Mantalvanos on The Health Design Podcast

2023-08-07T13:17:49+10:00August 7, 2023|Blog, Media|

The Journal of Health Design Australia presents The Health Design Podcast (THDP) with Moyez Jiwa, who recently invited My Health Story's (MHS) founder, Soula Mantalvanos, to chat. THDP aims to feature interviews with the world's leading health design experts, including clinicians, designers, patients, authors and researchers. Their motto: Better health by design. In the podcast, Soula discusses her health experience, the problems that inspired her to build a health summarising resource, and why she believes it can help individuals receive the tailored care they need.  Listen up!

Soula’s Recent Chat with Painaustralia’s new CEO, Giulia Jones

2023-07-30T14:46:00+10:00April 11, 2023|Advocacy, Blog, Media|

Recently, Soula Mantalvanos had the opportunity to speak with Giulia Jones, the new CEO of Painaustralia. Giulia and Soula had a lengthy conversation covering the frustrations of living with chronic pain – the main issues being its invisible nature, access to treatments, and its impact on communities across Australia (worldwide, actually). Despite the seriousness of their discussion, they still managed to share a few laughs – Giulia is easy to speak with and wonderfully straightforward!

Women in Business Times News Group Feature

2023-03-05T11:39:38+11:00March 3, 2023|Media, Media Releases|

As featured in Women in Business, International Women’s Day edition of the Bellarine Times. Soula Mantalvanos is an entrepreneur who has dedicated herself to making a difference for people living with chronic illness. This mission stems from her experience after an injury in 2007. Despite visiting multiple health professionals, Soula was misdiagnosed for 4.5 years and left with chronic pain. This personal experience inspired her to create a solution for others facing similar challenges. With her company, OOI [...]

Mentorship Supported by the Australian Government Boosting Female Founders Initiative

2022-06-13T15:20:21+10:00February 25, 2022|Blog, Media|

Congratulate us! Soula Mantalvanos, Founder of PainTrain My Health Summary, has been awarded expert mentoring with Buzz Web Media and Women With Wit’s – Lee Ussher under the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative (BFFI).  The BFFI Australian Government initiative aimed to help female entrepreneurs overcome the disadvantages faced in getting access to finance and support to grow their startups. In addition to grants between $25,000 and $480,000, the program also offered expert mentoring and advice to meritorious applicants – Soula was one of these meritorious [...]

Presenting My Pain Management Story and Vision at the Murray City Coast Country GP Training

2022-06-12T10:40:01+10:00December 6, 2021|Blog, Media, Using My Health Story|

(Original post by Soula Mantalvanos for pudendalnerve.com.au) It was wonderful sharing my story and vision at the Murray City Coast Country GP Training. AND especially presenting on a stage and in actual physical life to 50 general practitioners (GPs) who were keen to learn about chronic pain. I've now participated in a few of the Murray City Coast Country (MCCC) GP Training sessions with the fabulous Dr Paul Grinzi (boy, does he get it!). It's a positive experience for [...]

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