Staying up to date on your labs is a great way to help you, your regular doctor, and your Vida care team keep you healthy–inside and out!
If you’ve had labs in the past 6 months–great! “Labs” are blood and urine tests such as cholesterol, Comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and A1C. Now it’s time to share them with Vida so you and your provider can make a plan.
First gather any lab reports from the past 6 months. You may have paper copies. Or an email with a PDF report attached. Or access to see results on your lab or medical office online portal.
Then follow the steps below. Make sure these facts are on each lab result document:
- Your name
- Your date of birth
- Date of test
- Test name
- Test result or “value”
1. Send a PDF. If you have a PDF file, download that file and follow the instructions below on how to share with Vida. No PDF? Scan the document to make a PDF file.
2. Take a picture.
- Paper results: Lay your paper flat on a surface, with good lighting. Open your phone camera, hold it over the page, and move your phone until the results fit in the screen. Take a few pictures in a row in case one is blurry.
- Online: Open the lab results in the medical office or lab online portal. Many have an option to “Print” your results. You can use this print function to save an electronic PDF to your phone or computer. Or you can take a “screen grab” or “screen shot.” It’s OK if all the results don’t fit in 1 picture. Make as many pictures as needed to show all the results. Make sure one of the images has your name, date of birth and the date of lab visit.
Tip: Not sure how to take a screen grab or screen shot? A web search of phone type or computer can show you how. Or ask a trusted friend.
3. Upload your lab results to Vida. You can upload your lab results to the Documents section of the Settings screen.
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To upload in the documents section, open the Settings screen by tapping the settings button on the top right corner of the Home screen
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Tap "Documents"
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Tap "Add Document"
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Tap anywhere in the "Click to upload" box
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Choose the location of the labs or tap "Take Photo" to take a new photo of them
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Tap inside the "Document Type" box, then tap "Lab Result" as the type
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Tap "Upload Document"
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That's it! You can tap 'Close' or the back arrows to get back to the Home screen
Your provider can also upload documents for you in the Documents section, they will let you know if chat if you have something that requires your attention.
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