Question 1

Is there an app that makes a health summary PDF for my doctor?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Sam you create a doctor report as a PDF inside your program. You pick the period, read the report in the app and share or print the PDF. It summarizes what you logged yourself. Sam is a wellness companion, not a medical device.

Question 2

I don't have a diagnosis yet and I'm waiting for an appointment. Can I still prepare with Sam?

Accepted Answer

Yes, already before the diagnosis. Log your symptoms in the symptom diary; sleep, resting heart rate and activity come in from Apple Health. At the appointment you show your entries in the app; from the 1st of each month you can also create the previous month's monthly report as a PDF. A doctor's report from a program works only after you confirm a diagnosis - while you wait for an evaluation, the symptom diary is your record.

Question 3

What is in Sam's doctor report?

Accepted Answer

The key numbers at a glance, your entries per month, the history of your check-in, the last 30 days and your diary, depending on the program also your medication intake. The blood pressure report adds weight, sleep, resting heart rate, steps, stress score and alcohol days for the same period; for migraine and epilepsy, entries carry values from Apple Health, such as sleep and HRV.

Question 4

How do I prepare for a doctor appointment with Sam?

Accepted Answer

Between appointments, log what happens in the diary of your program. Before the appointment you create the doctor report: pick the period (three months is the default), read it in the app, share or print the PDF. That way you have your history in front of you instead of only your memory. What you ask and what follows from it, you discuss with your doctor.

Question 5

Can I bring my Apple Watch data to my cardiologist as a PDF?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Sam reads Apple Health, but the doctor report is not a list of all watch data; it is a summary of your entries. The monthly report shows sleep, stress and activity, the blood pressure report your readings plus weight, sleep, resting heart rate and steps. An Apple Watch does not measure blood pressure: the readings come from a cuff device, straight from Apple Health or typed in by you.

Question 6

Where do I file a sick note?

Accepted Answer

Mark the day as sick in Sam and optionally add proof: a sick note, a self-test or a test from a doctor or lab, as a photo, scan or file. For a sick note you enter until when you are signed off. The proof then sits in your documents in Sam, linked to the day. Sam does not evaluate it and does not issue sick leave; your doctor does.

Question 7

Is the monthly report free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the monthly report is part of what Sam includes for free. You create it yourself, from the 1st of a month for the previous month. For that, notifications must be on and Apple Health access granted, you need an entry about a chronic condition in your profile ("none" counts) and you must have logged how you felt on at least 15 of the last 30 days. For your first report the last point does not apply.

Question 8

What does the doctor report cost?

Accepted Answer

The doctor report comes with your program. In the free version one medical program runs at a time; with Sam Pro all of them can. The current prices are on the pricing page.

Question 9

Is the doctor report a diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

No. Sam is a wellness companion, not a medical device. The report summarizes your own entries and is explicitly not a diagnosis. Your doctor puts it in context.

Take care ofthe appointment.

Your months on a few pages.

Walk into the appointment prepared.

Pick the period.

Read it in the app.

Bring the PDF.

Your month. Your sick days.

Your month as a PDF.

Sick days. One tap.

The doctor's report comes with each program.

What goes into the report.

What is Sam's doctor's report?

Questions about the doctor report

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