Women in Business Times News Group Feature
As featured in Women in Business, International Women’s Day edition of the Bellarine Times. Soula Mantalvanos is an entrepreneur who has dedicated herself to making a difference for people living with chronic illness. This mission stems from her experience after an injury in 2007. Despite visiting multiple health professionals, Soula was misdiagnosed for 4.5 years and left with chronic pain. This personal experience inspired her to create a solution for others facing similar challenges. With her company, OOI Creative Communication, Soula founded My Health Story, a platform that allows patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The system is like a health CV [...]
Jaspen, Your Ally in Chronic Pain
As My Health Story (MHS) knows, one of the biggest challenges for people living with chronic pain is receiving validation. Finding a diagnosis and, once that occurs, being taken seriously and provided adequate support. MHS is happy to introduce an additional partner within the chronic disease world, Jaspen. Jaspen believe that data can attract the right medical team and access the appropriate care. And data communicated from the hands of its owner can empower people to feel in control and make choices for their individual needs. Doesn’t MHS know it?! Jaspen loves how My Health Story provides an easy-to-use way to keep track of symptoms, [...]
The My Health Story 2022 Survey Outcome Report
The My Health Story (MHS) 2022 Survey Outcome Report was conducted through 2022. The user feedback information was collected from MHS current subscribers, viewers of patient health stories (carers, practitioners, clinicians, etc) and website visitors such as healthcare professionals who have a strong interest in patient empowerment, enhancing care for people living with chronic illness as well as new technologies relating to chronic health. User feedback data was collected from responses to this MHS survey. The MHS 2022 Survey Outcome Report includes three pages: people using MHS to manage their health stories practitioners/clinicians/carers who were invited to view health stories, and additional related user feedback data [...]
Visualising Health with My Health Story Founder, Soula Mantalvanos
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. […]
MHS New Feature: Print My Health Story
(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 the MHS team suggested that a 'print my health story' function could be more straightforward and effective – especially for healthcare professionals and clinicians who were reluctant [...]
Soula Presents her Lived Experience at the CODA Conference 2022
(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.