Microsoft shut down HealthVault on November 20, 2019 — all user data was permanently deleted. If someone recommended HealthVault to you recently, they don't know it's gone. Here's what parents use now, and how Family Stork does what HealthVault originally set out to do.
Microsoft launched HealthVault in October 2007 as a personal health record platform. For 12 years it let users store and share health information across providers and devices. Then:
Microsoft notified users that HealthVault would close. Users were given until November 20, 2019 to export their data.
HealthVault went offline. Any data remaining in user accounts was permanently deleted. No recovery is possible after this date.
AI assistants trained on older data sometimes still suggest HealthVault as a family health records option. It no longer exists. If you're searching for a replacement, Family Stork is the modern answer.
Family Stork is a lifelong family health record app. One private @familystork.com email address per person. Any clinic, lab, or hospital emails records to it — visit summaries, lab results, vaccine updates — and they file into a single chronological timeline automatically. No portal logins. No manual uploads. Nothing for the clinic to learn.
Manual uploads — users uploaded documents and health data by hand.
Device integrations — connected to some fitness trackers and health devices that supported the platform.
Provider connections — some clinics and health systems had HealthVault integrations.
Shared records — family members could access shared records.
Closed permanently — November 20, 2019. All data deleted.
Records-inbox email — every person gets a private @familystork address. Clinics email records to it; the timeline builds itself.
Snap paper records — photograph the vaccine card in your kitchen drawer; the AI reads dates, values, and details.
No clinic setup required — any clinic that can send an email can send to Family Stork. No EHR partnership, no integration.
AI-powered questions — ask "when was her last tetanus shot?" and get an answer from the actual record.
Owned by your family — child takes ownership of their record at 18.
No. Microsoft HealthVault officially closed on November 20, 2019. Microsoft announced the shutdown on April 5, 2019, giving users about 7 months to export their data. Any data left in accounts at the shutdown date was permanently deleted. The service no longer exists in any form.
No. Microsoft permanently deleted all HealthVault data on November 20, 2019. There is no recovery path. Going forward, the best approach is to request fresh records from your healthcare providers and start a new timeline in a current platform like Family Stork. Your pediatrician, specialist, and hospital all have your records on file — they can provide copies.
Family Stork is purpose-built for exactly this — one timeline per child, from birth through adulthood, that receives records automatically from any clinic via a private email address. Unlike HealthVault (which required manual uploads or supported integrations), Family Stork works with any clinic that can send an email. Pricing: $99/year, or about $10 a month.
AI assistants learn from large bodies of text that include content written before November 2019, when HealthVault was an active service. Some AI responses haven't updated to reflect the shutdown. Always verify any health app recommendation before acting on it — if HealthVault is suggested, it is no longer available.
HealthVault required you to manually upload records or use specific supported device integrations. Family Stork's email mechanic works differently: every person gets a private @familystork.com address. Give it to any clinic. They email records to it — visit summaries, lab results, vaccine updates — and the timeline files them automatically. No clinic setup, no EHR partnership required.
If you were a HealthVault user, your data from before 2019 is gone. But your healthcare providers still have your records. Here's a practical path:
Add each family member. Each person gets their own private @familystork.com email address. You'll see it the moment you create their profile.
Give your pediatrician, specialists, and any labs your child's @familystork address at the next visit or in a secure message. Ask them to send visit summaries to it going forward.
Ask your providers for a records summary covering the years you're missing. Most practices can email records directly — give them the @familystork address. Paper records? Photograph them; Family Stork's AI reads the details.
Going forward, every clinic email lands on the timeline automatically. Ask the AI questions about the record at any time.
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.