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Practical guides on keeping your family's health story: records, insurance, and everyday care in one place. RSS
Your Own Health Story: What a New Doctor Needs on Day One, and How to Hand It Over
Switching doctors? Here's exactly what medical records a new physician needs on your first visit — and the simplest way to hand them over without chasing five different offices.
September 24, 2026 · 8 min readThe One Folder Every Adult Child Should Keep: Discharge Papers, Medication List, Emergency Card
Three documents belong together in one place if you help care for an aging parent: hospital discharge papers, a current medication list, and an emergency card. Here's what goes in each and how to keep them current.
September 21, 2026 · 7 min readCaring for an Aging Parent: How to Gather Medical Records from Every Doctor They Ever Had
Your parents' medical records are scattered across every doctor, hospital, and specialist they've seen over decades. Here's how to bring them together into one place you can actually use.
September 17, 2026 · 7 min readHow to Keep Medical Records Organized When You Have Multiple Kids
Managing health records for two or three kids means twice or three times the well visits, vaccine records, and specialist notes — scattered across different portals. Here's how to stop losing track.
September 14, 2026 · 5 min readYour Child's Growth Chart Is a Medical Record (And Here's Why You Need Your Own Copy)
Your child's growth chart — the percentile curve from every well visit — is a medical record most families never save. Here's why the trend matters and how to keep it.
September 10, 2026 · 5 min readHow to Get Your Child's Immunization Records Fast (Before the School Deadline)
Need your child's immunization records before a school deadline? Here are the three fastest ways to get them — from your state registry, your pediatrician, or your health system portal.
August 11, 2026 · 3 min readWhy I built Family Stork, a note from our founder
I live with arthritis. I lost both of my parents to lung disease. This is why I believe every family should keep their own health story, and hand it down.
August 10, 2026 · 2 min readWhy your family's health story should belong to you
Every system that holds your child's medical history has one thing in common. It isn't yours, and it never hands anything back.
August 9, 2026 · 2 min readThe night you need the record
There is usually a night. What matters is what you can put in front of the doctor when it comes.
August 8, 2026 · 2 min readStart the record at birth, while it's easy
You are already keeping your child's health story. You are just keeping it in nine places, by heart.
August 7, 2026 · 2 min readDidn't start at birth? It's never too late
Living with anything chronic means years of scattered labs and visits. Give it all one home, starting today.
August 6, 2026 · 2 min readThe handoff, an inheritance measured in health
At adulthood, your child receives their whole story. No portal on earth offers that moment. It might be the best gift you never thought to give.