Medical history in one place
What to gather and how to keep it: allergies and medication, reports and scans, operations and vaccinations, doctors and insurance, plus a one-page summary.

[ ] Write a one-page summary
    Allergies, chronic conditions, regular medication, operations, doctor and family contacts. The single most valuable page.
[ ] Record allergies and reactions separately and visibly
    To medication, food, materials. With a description of the reaction, not only the name — that affects decisions.
[ ] List your regular medication
    Name, dose, timing, who prescribed it and when. Including supplements: they interact with treatment too.
[ ] Collect reports, conclusions and results
    By date, oldest first. Even old findings show the trajectory and prevent unnecessary tests.
[ ] Ask for imaging in digital form
    Discs stop being readable and printouts fade. Digital copies outlive both devices and house moves.
[ ] Note operations and hospital stays
    What, when, where and any complications. It is the first question before any procedure or anaesthesia.
[ ] Gather your vaccination records
    Dates and products. Needed for travel, admissions, work and changing clinics — and slow to reconstruct.
[ ] Note the significant family history
    Conditions in close relatives that doctors ask about. Ask your parents while you can.
[ ] List your doctors and clinics
    Who provides care, where the records are, how to book, where to go urgently. Contacts are needed before documents.
[ ] Add your insurance details
    Numbers, validity, what is covered, the helpline. In the moment they are needed, these take longest to find.
[ ] Digitise the papers and name files sensibly
    Date, what it is, who issued it. In three years \u201cscan_1.pdf\u201d helps nobody, including you.
[ ] Agree who else has a copy
    Someone close should know where the summary and folder are. In an emergency, the person searching is not the one who filed them.
[ ] Do the same for children and older relatives
    Their records are needed more often and usually remembered by one person. Changing doctors then saves weeks.
[ ] Update after each appointment and once a year
    Five minutes after a visit instead of reconstructing three years from memory.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/medical-records