My Health Story, a 2026 Melbourne Design Week Finalist

2026-01-27T15:55:27+11:00January 27, 2026|Blog, Events, Media|

Melbourne Design Week (MDW) is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and has grown since 2017 to become Australia’s premier design event, supported by the National Gallery of Victoria and the design community, which deliver events as part of the festival. The MHS team is thrilled to announce that it has been selected as a finalist and is very excited about the opportunity to present at the national level. MDW is an annual 11-day program [...]

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:

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!

My Health Story Welcomes More Good Days – More Empowerment for Individuals living with Fibromyalgia

2023-06-30T15:01:53+10:00June 30, 2023|Blog, Friends of MHS, Health Management|

My Health Story Welcomes More Good Days – More Empowerment for Individuals living with Fibromyalgia

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 [...]

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?

Jaspen, Your Ally in Chronic Pain

2023-04-26T15:09:42+10:00February 2, 2023|Affiliate, Blog, Health Management|

As My Health Story (MHS) knows, one of the biggest challenges for people living with chronic pain is receiving validation. Finding a diagnosis and, once that occurs, being taken seriously and provided adequate support. MHS is happy to introduce an additional partner within the chronic disease world, Jaspen. Jaspen believe that data can attract the right medical team and access the appropriate care. And data communicated from the hands of its owner can empower people to feel in [...]

MHS New Feature: Print My Health Story

2022-10-04T11:30:45+11:00September 24, 2022|Blog, Health Management, Using My Health Story|

(IMAGE: Judy Darling prints her health story via the website) An exciting new feature is helping MHS users communicate their unique health situations more easily during appointments. My Health Story (MHS) has always prioritised the safe sharing of user health stories. The current MHS Access Link function effectively tracks information for users who like to monitor whose checking in to their health story/stories, and when and how often. Over the past few months, some user feedback sent to [...]

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...

Preview: My Health Story

2022-03-28T14:36:38+11:00March 27, 2022|Blog, Using My Health Story|

My Health Story presents a way for individuals to communicate their experiences and manage their healthcare better. For healthcare practitioners, it presents an opportunity to diversify your care offering and influence positive behaviour to the overall patient journey. My Health Story takes a holistic view of each unique lived experience and understands that patients are more than their disease. Home — Reference the handy links — Reset your password — Edit your Health Story names and descriptions [...]

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