S11 E7: Your Health Story in One Place
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With podcast host, Ginger Blackmon, and featuring Jenny Ahlstrom, founder of the HealthTree Foundation.
In this episode, Jenny discusses how her own multiple myeloma diagnosis led to the creation of an organization focused on empowering patients and accelerating research. She shares the story behind HealthTree and its mission to help people with blood cancer better understand their disease, navigate treatment, connect with resources, and contribute to research.
A major focus of the conversation is the HealthTree Personal Health Record and the importance of giving patients one place to organize and understand their health information. Jenny discusses how bringing medical records, treatment history, labs, and other information together can help patients become more engaged in their care, prepare for appointments, explore treatment and clinical trial options, and more easily share information across their healthcare team.
The episode also explores how oncology professionals can help patients take greater ownership of their health information and why better access to personal health data can support both individual care and cancer research.
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