In this 15-minute Vimeo, founder of My Health Story, Soula Mantalvanos, discusses how she believes visualising the personal health experience can lead to better care and understanding. Soula combines her years of living with chronic pain and her professional creative communication experience to advocate for a better quality of care. […]
(IMAGE: Judy Darling prints her health story via the website) An exciting new feature is helping MHS users communicate their unique health situations more easily during appointments. My Health Story (MHS) has always prioritised the safe sharing of user health stories. The current MHS Access Link function effectively tracks information for users who like to monitor whose checking in to their health story/stories, and when and how often. Over the past few months, some user feedback sent to [...]
(Vimeo: Soula's lived experience forms part of Dr Paul Grinzi's Management of Persistent Pain in Primary Care workshop at the Australian CODA Conference 2022). My Health Story (MHS) founder Soula Mantalvanos was invited to contribute her lived experience to the Management of Persistent Pain in Primary Care workshop created by General Practitioner & Medical Educator Dr Paul Grinzi. The four-day (IRL) CODA conference was held at the Melbourne Convention Centre, and healthcare practitioners and clinicians working in various health sectors attended from the US, NZ and Australia. Participants worked together as Dr Grinzi presented educational resources such as science-based evidence, videos, and examples to clarify the understanding of chronic pain through the four-hour workshop. Everyone shared their experiences, knowledge and ideas.
My Health Story (MHS) helped 76-year-old Helen Sharam* work with her physiotherapist immediately after an overwhelmed hospital system moved Mrs Sharam from rehabilitation to home too quickly. Thanks to MHS, the physiotherapist knew Mrs Sharam’s medical history before meeting her. Physio CL said: “Having all that information to hand online before I met Mrs Sharam helped me manage the appointment better so I could focus on providing the care. In addition, it helped me to connect more easily [...]
(Story from MHS Founder's blog pudendalnerve.com.au) I'm a proud buttercup. Despite my many ongoing limitations, I feel I've come a long way. And today, I have a huge milestone to celebrate with you. But first, shall I reflect? The earliest evidence of being able to again participate in life was the posting of my first Instagram. It was July 2011, a few months before I began this website. I remember Instagram forming a lifeline to my creativity when my phone and a glass of water were too heavy for me. After Instagram, more abilities began to very slowly unravel. I began to sit a little longer, think broader, and make a little more. I started building ideas a little grander and executing them. Over the past 15 years, I have watched myself rise above the injury that changed my body in 2007. I have made a book and a short documentary, became an advocate, contributed to a medical journal and helped with medical GP training. And now the triumphs...
(Image: Lee Ussher with Theo & Soula Mantalvanos, the final Australian Government Boosting Female Founders mentoring session) Founder Soula Mantalvanos has wrapped up her Boosting Female Founders mentoring grant sessions with Lee Ussher of Buzz Web Media. It has been timely for Soula’s award of this Australian Government grant with telehealth behaviour changes finally being implemented in the healthcare industry post-pandemic. Soula realised how much more support her original project, PainTrain My Health Summary, could offer people living [...]
My Health Story founder, contributes to a paper about self-management and self-care with regard to managing complex injuries and workers' compensation claims. What Injured Workers With Complex Claims Look For in Online Communities: Netnographic Analysis Authored by Michelle Manning Hutson, Sarah M Hosking , Soula Mantalvanos, Michael Berk, Julie Pasco, Trisha Dunning
Hello from the rebranded PainTrain My Health Summary – now known as, My Health Story (MHS). I couldn't be more thrilled to be writing this post after a very big few months of rebranding and redevelopment. But it's not over yet with the MHS App still a couple of weeks away. Like most magnificent leaps and bounds, the transition from PainTrain My Health Summary (PainTrain MHS) to MHS found the team stumbling on some administrative complexities... and, we do expect a couple more bumps – but we are mostly there! So what do you need to do?
My Health Story presents a way for individuals to communicate their experiences and manage their healthcare better. For healthcare practitioners, it presents an opportunity to diversify your care offering and influence positive behaviour to the overall patient journey. My Health Story takes a holistic view of each unique lived experience and understands that patients are more than their disease. Home — Reference the handy links — Reset your password — Edit your Health Story names and descriptions [...]
Congratulate us! Soula Mantalvanos, Founder of PainTrain My Health Summary, has been awarded expert mentoring with Buzz Web Media and Women With Wit’s – Lee Ussher under the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative (BFFI). The BFFI Australian Government initiative aimed to help female entrepreneurs overcome the disadvantages faced in getting access to finance and support to grow their startups. In addition to grants between $25,000 and $480,000, the program also offered expert mentoring and advice to meritorious applicants – Soula was one of these meritorious [...]
