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For Patients

Track symptoms with severity scales, identify triggers, and maintain detailed logs for healthcare visits.

Core Features

Symptom-Tracker

Symptom Logging

  • Symptom Search: Search and select from common symptoms (anxiety, lower back pain, body aches, cough, fatigue, fever, joint pain, etc.)
  • Severity Scale: Rate symptoms using 1-10 slider (1=mild, 5=moderate, 10=severe)
  • Symptom Notes: Add detailed notes up to 300 characters for context and description

History & Review

  • Quick Logging: Simple workflow to log symptoms with severity and notes
  • Recent Symptoms: View recently logged symptoms with timestamps
  • Symptom History: Access complete history of all logged symptoms
  • Severity Tracking: See severity patterns over time for each symptom type
  • Note Review: Read detailed symptom notes and context from previous entries
  • Symptom Trends: Visual graph showing symptom frequency and severity patterns

User Workflow

1

Login

Patient logs in and accesses dashboard
2

Navigate to symptom tracker

Navigate to symptom tracker from dashboard
3

Search Symptoms

Search for symptoms (anxiety, lower back pain, body aches, etc.)
4

Select Severity

Use 1-10 slider to rate symptom severity (1=mild, 5=moderate, 10=severe)
5

Add Notes

Enter detailed notes with context and description
6

Log Symptom

Save the symptom entry
7

View Recent Symptoms

Check recently logged symptoms and review symptom history graph
8

Review Patterns

Analyze symptom trends and patterns over time

Usual Component Interactions

Symptom Tracker provides crucial health monitoring data: Core Integration:
  • Patient Dashboard: Display recent symptom entries and alerts
  • Authentication: Secure access to sensitive health symptom data
  • Notifications: Reminders for symptom logging and medication timing
Common Enhancements:
  • Medication Tracking: Correlate symptom relief with medication timing
  • Mood Journal: Track emotional symptoms alongside physical symptoms
  • Goal Tracking: Set symptom reduction goals and monitor progress
  • Vitals Monitoring: Connect symptoms to vital sign changes
  • Telehealth: Share symptom reports during virtual consultations

Implementation Examples

Situation: You need symptom tracking for patients with chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia or arthritis.
Add a symptom tracker quick action to the patient dashboard.  
Add the following chronic pain symptoms to the existing symptom lists, no icons for now.
  - joint pain
  - muscle aches
  - stiffness
In the notes section, add some placeholder text that says,
"How would you describe your pain today?"
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