healow Kids lets parents view their child's health record at a pediatrician who uses eClinicalWorks, send secure messages, and book appointments through that practice. Family Stork gives every child a private email address — any clinic, lab, or hospital sends records to it, and one timeline keeps everything for life. Here's how they differ.
healow Kids is a practice-tethered patient portal. It works with pediatricians who run eClinicalWorks — the EHR system made by the same company. Parents can review their child's health summary, immunizations, and growth charts as entered by that practice. They can message the office and book appointments. But the data lives inside that practice's system, and if you switch pediatricians or see a specialist on a different EHR, those records stay behind.
Family Stork is a lifelong family health timeline. Every person gets one private @familystork email address. Give it to any clinic, lab, or hospital — they email records to it, and the timeline files them automatically. No portal logins, no practice-specific apps, nothing for the clinic to learn.
Practice messaging. Send and receive secure messages with your child's pediatrician directly through the app.
Appointment booking. View available slots and book visits at participating practices.
Health summary view. See your child's vitals, immunizations, and growth data as entered by the practice.
Free. No charge to parents — the practice pays for the eClinicalWorks platform.
Practice-focused. Works well when you need a quick line to one pediatrician's office.
Records-inbox email. One private @familystork address per person. Any clinic emails records to it; the timeline files them. No portal logins, no uploads.
Every provider, one timeline. Records from every pediatrician, specialist, urgent care, and hospital — not just one practice's EHR.
Built for families. Parents manage children's records. Ownership transfers at 18.
Paper + digital. Snap photos of paper records; the AI files dates, values, and details.
Ask your record. "When was her last flu shot?" Answers grounded in actual records.
$99/year — or about $10 a month.
healow Kids is tied to one practice's eClinicalWorks system. Switch pediatricians, and you start fresh — unless the new office also runs eClinicalWorks and can link your child's record. Move to a practice on Epic, athenahealth, or any other EHR, and healow Kids doesn't follow.
Family Stork doesn't depend on which EHR your doctor uses. The @familystork email address stays the same no matter how many times you switch providers. Every visit, every specialist, every urgent-care trip — all filing into one timeline that belongs to your child, not to any practice.
For a family that moves, changes insurance, or just outgrows a pediatric practice, the difference matters. healow Kids shows you what one doctor recorded. Family Stork keeps the whole story.
Both healow Kids and Family Stork exist because parents need to see their children's health information. Both let you review immunization records and visit history. They just approach the problem differently:
See what your child's eClinicalWorks pediatrician has on file. Message the office, book visits, check growth charts — all within that practice's system.
Give any provider your child's @familystork address. Records arrive as email — visit summaries, lab results, referral notes. The timeline organizes them and keeps them for life.
healow Kids is a solid portal app if your pediatrician uses eClinicalWorks. It's free, it handles messaging and appointments well, and it shows your child's health data from that practice. But it's a window into one system — not a record you own.
Family Stork is built for the full picture: one email address per person, records flowing in from any provider, a timeline that starts at birth and stays with your child through adulthood. Tired of managing health records for yourself and everyone you love? Family Stork organizes them for you automatically.
Give any clinic your child's private @familystork address. They send records; the timeline builds itself. No portal logins, no uploads, nothing for the clinic to learn.
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