Every person gets one health story, and one private Family Stork email address every clinic already knows how to use. When a patient shares their address with you, reply to it with a visit summary, lab result, or referral letter — the record files it automatically.
Anything the patient should have in their health record. The most common documents clinics email to Family Stork addresses:
Attach the document as a PDF or a clear photo. Family Stork reads both. Plain text in the email body works too — but attachments are more complete.
The family signs up for Family Stork and gets a private email address — something like emma-x7k2…@families.familystork.com. They give it to you at check-in, on a card, or through a message.
From any email client — Outlook, Gmail, your EHR's built-in send button — attach the visit summary and hit send. CC the address whenever you email the patient paperwork.
The record reads the attachment, identifies your clinic from the letterhead, and adds the document to the patient's health timeline. You get a confirmation reply.
Your first email waits for the family's approval. After that, your clinic is trusted — every future email files automatically.
No. If your EHR can generate a PDF and your practice can send an email, you can use Family Stork. There is no API to connect, no software to install, no vendor relationship to manage. The patient's Family Stork address works exactly like any other email address — because it is one.
Many EHR systems already email after-visit summaries to patients automatically. If yours does, the patient can point that email to their Family Stork address. Zero extra work for your staff.
Nothing. Family Stork is free for every clinic, every doctor, every practice size — always. The family pays $99/year (or about $10 a month) for the full service. The clinic's only cost is the time it takes to email a document, which most practices already do.
PDF is best — it preserves the original layout. A clear photo of a printed document works too. Family Stork reads both. Avoid password-protected files (the record cannot open them).
Yes. Parents manage their children's records on Family Stork. When a parent shares a child's Family Stork address, emails to that address go into the child's health timeline — and the parent sees them instantly.
Family Stork takes data security seriously. For specific details about how Family Stork handles health data, visit the Trust Center on the Family Stork website.
You can invite any patient to start their record. The patient signs up (free, about a minute), gets their private address, and shares it with you when they're ready.
Only if the patient shares access with you. Families control who sees what. They can add you to the care team, share a printable Family Health Passport, or bring the record to appointments on their phone.
No signup needed for you. Email the visit summary to the patient's address. It files itself into their health timeline.
Free for every clinic, always. The family pays $99/year.
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