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!

Electronic Medical Records – all the rage at the Digital Health Festival

2023-06-09T11:53:23+10:00June 9, 2023|Blog, Health tech, Research|

The Digital Health Festival (DHF) was mega. Australia’s largest digital health transformation event brought together the entire health eco-system (hospitals, primary & allied care, aged care, pharmacy, research and policy).  My Health Story (MHS) Founder Soula Mantalvanos and codirector Theo Mantalvanos enjoyed every minute of connecting, learning, aligning, and plugging MHS to a digital-health-famished audience. Their standout sentiment aligned with each attendee’s shared mission to improve the quality of care.  MHS was in the best place to boast [...]

Own Your Health Data

2023-03-30T14:34:37+11:00March 30, 2023|Blog, Health Management, Using My Health Story|

Self-management is hard, chronic illness is overwhelming. Chronic illness robs you of your independence and control, leaving you feeling defeated and mentally and physically drained. Add to the endless appointments required; now, we also have to be considerate of healthcare systems under pressure. Guess who gets the short end of the stick? We pay with our lives. Perhaps healthcare systems were destined to burst their stitches because healthCARE was never built to care for people; it was made to keep people relying on it. That's not care. Can taking more ownership of our health make a difference?

My Health Story Now Live in Your App Store

2022-06-13T13:32:11+10:00June 13, 2022|Blog, Using My Health Story|

(Story from MHS Founder's blog pudendalnerve.com.au) I'm a proud buttercup. Despite my many ongoing limitations, I feel I've come a long way. And today, I have a huge milestone to celebrate with you. But first, shall I reflect? The earliest evidence of being able to again participate in life was the posting of my first Instagram. It was July 2011, a few months before I began this website. I remember Instagram forming a lifeline to my creativity when my phone and a glass of water were too heavy for me.  After Instagram, more abilities began to very slowly unravel. I began to sit a little longer, think broader, and make a little more. I started building ideas a little grander and executing them.  Over the past 15 years, I have watched myself rise above the injury that changed my body in 2007. I have made a book and a short documentary, became an advocate, contributed to a medical journal and helped with medical GP training. And now the triumphs...

Australian Government Boosting Female Founders Mentor Wrap-Up

2022-06-13T14:24:03+10:00May 13, 2022|Achievements, Blog|

(Image: Lee Ussher with Theo & Soula Mantalvanos, the final Australian Government Boosting Female Founders mentoring session) Founder Soula Mantalvanos has wrapped up her Boosting Female Founders mentoring grant sessions with Lee Ussher of Buzz Web Media. It has been timely for Soula’s award of this Australian Government grant with telehealth behaviour changes finally being implemented in the healthcare industry post-pandemic. Soula realised how much more support her original project, PainTrain My Health Summary, could offer people living [...]

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