New iPhone App MyDirectives Helps Students Communicate Health Information

By Megan Weyrauch on September 2, 2015

As you head back to campus, what emergency health plan do you have in place?

If your answer is that you don’t have one, check out new iPhone app MyDirectives MOBILE, which according to a recent press release, allows users to capture their thoughts regarding the care they’d want to receive in the event of an accident where they cannot speak for themselves. The app allows users to identify the people who they’d want to speak for them in such a situation.

MyDirectives MOBILE allows you to engage in advance care planning and independence, giving your parents a sense of relief that you’re planning ahead, and helps you to receive the treatments you would want and who you’d want to be able to speak for you in emergencies.

(MyDirectives – Making Your Wishes Known With An Advance Care Plan from My Directives on Vimeo.)

The MyDirectives iPhone app lets you record and make accessible the healthcare info you choose to share. Your healthcare treatment priorities are accessible even if your iPhone is locked.

“We are thrilled we’re able to use our technology to help people with an everyday concern: how to be in contact if there’s an emergency far away,” said MyDirectives CEO Jeff Zucker.

MyDirectives MOBILE is an extension of the critically acclaimed, all-digital emergency, critical and advance care planning platform MyDirectives.com. An emergency, critical and advance care plan is a comprehensive document that can include elements of a living will, healthcare power of attorney and a person’s thoughts, goals and preferences related to his or her healthcare and specific medical treatments.

An accessible, thorough plan can help people and their medical teams share important info about your healthcare. With users in 50 states and over 25 countries since going live in 2012, MyDirectives has been recognized by leading doctors, public officials, policy experts and consumer organizations for giving people a voice in their care.

“By giving people the ability to both create a comprehensive emergency care plan and populate it into their Medical ID with just a few taps, MyDirectives is transforming today’s healthcare,” said Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy, a board-certified emergency physician at the University of Alabama Huntsville Hospital. “For a patient’s loved ones, there is nothing like hearing their wishes in their own words – which MyDirectives allows via the ability to upload videos – to know that you are making the right decisions at a time of crisis.”

Check out MyDirectives recent blog post for tips to help you get ready for school, including creating an emergency medical plan. Find additional information at MyDirectives.com, Facebook and Twitter.

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