Download health records in Health on iPhone (U.S. only)

The Health app offers access to information from supported medical institutions about your allergies, conditions, medications, and more.

When iPhone is locked with a passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID, all of the health data in the Health app—other than what you add to your Medical ID—is encrypted.

Set up automatic downloads

Tap Health Data, then tap Health Records.
Tap Get Started, then, in the search field, enter the name of an organization, such as a clinic or hospital, where you obtain your health records. Or, to find a list of nearby organizations, enter the name of the city or state where you live.
To open a result, tap it.
Tap the button for your patient portal (under Available to Connect).
Enter the user name and password you use for the patient web portal of that organization, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Note: Your institution might not appear in this feature. Institutions are added frequently. See the Institutions that support health records on iPhone website.

Download health records from another institution

Tap Health Data, then tap Health Records.
Tap Add Account (near the bottom of the screen), then, in the search field, enter the name of an organization, such as a clinic or hospital, where you obtain your health records. Or, to find a list of nearby organizations, enter the name of the city or state where you live.
To open a result, tap it.
Tap the button for your patient portal (under Available to Connect).
Enter the user name and password you use for the patient web portal of that healthcare institution, then follow the onscreen instructions.

View your health records

Tap Health Data, tap Health Records, then do any of the following:

See all records for a category, such as Allergies or Conditions: Tap the category.
See the records from a single institution: Scroll down, then tap the name of the institution.
See more details: Tap any section where you see .

A screenshot of health records in chronological order, with the most recent at the top. Widell Medical, Widell Patient Portal is identified near the top of the screen as the origin of the records. The most recent record is dated Feb 16, 2018, for an immunization administered for meningococcal MCV4, unspecified formulation. Appearing below the immunization record are two records dated Feb 15, 2018, one for a PROzac allergy and the other to indicate that a peripheral pulse rate was collected.

Customize notification settings for health records

Go to Settings > Notifications > Health, then choose options. See View and respond to notifications on iPhone.

Delete an institution and its records from iPhone

Tap Health Data, then tap Health Records.
Tap the account, tap the account again at the top of the next screen, then tap Remove Account.

Share your records with other apps

Third-party apps can request access to your health records. Before you grant access, be sure that you trust the app with your records.

To grant access, choose which categories to share—such as allergies, medications, or immunizations—when asked.
Choose whether to grant access to your current and future health records or to only your current records.
If you choose to share only your current records, you’re asked to grant access whenever new records are downloaded to your iPhone.

To stop sharing health records with the app, tap Sources (near the bottom of the screen in the Health app), tap the name of the app, then turn off the categories you no longer wish to share.

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