Still no way to enter cholesterol readings

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Level 2

476 points

Still no way to enter cholesterol readings

With the new health app, there is still NO way to enter blood cholesterol readings. Only mention of cholesterol is in the Nutrition section for what you eat.

Blood glucose levels have been able to be entered since the first version of Health app.

Despite mention in the forum from others, it is still not in the new version.

(Not sure I like the new version as it has information needed under headings rather than a single scrollable screen of favorites)

iPhone 6s, iOS 10, 64GB

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 4:17 PM

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Answer 1

tjwolf

Level 1

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Aug 14, 2017 8:24 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Sadly, even though it's been three years since Apple Health app has made it into iOS, that app is still not represented in the "iOS Apps" section of the Feedback page you reference. I picked 'iPhone' when I previously suggested adding Cholesterol readings to the Lab "Results" screen.

What makes this so frustrating is that a lot more people care about their cholesterol levels/history than about arcane things like "Electrodermal Activity" or "Forced Expiratory Volume, 1 sec" or "Forced Vital Capacity" - all of which *are* represented under "Results". I really don't get it.

And, it's been 3 years since the app came out (and a couple years since many people have first suggested adding cholesterol). Apple is dropping the ball on this one, as far as I'm concerned.

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Answer 2

Jul 24, 2017 3:06 PM in response to philipfromsa

philipfromsa wrote:

Still a major omission in July 2017.

Submit your feedback to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

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sberman

Level 10

273,234 points

Sep 21, 2016 4:32 PM in response to Derryl S

I believe the way to enter cholesterol numbers is to use one of the apps suggested in the Health app's screen. See "Apps for Tracking Dietary Cholesterol":

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Derryl S Author

Level 2

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Sep 21, 2016 9:24 PM in response to sberman

Your suggestion is only for tracking cholesterol contained in your food - not your blood cholesterol numbers.

Blood cholesterol numbers are received from blood tests when you go to the lab (HDL, LDL, TG).

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sberman

Level 10

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Sep 21, 2016 10:17 PM in response to Derryl S

That data looks like it would be entered in the "Health Records" section on the "Health Data" tab.

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Derryl S Author

Level 2

476 points

Sep 22, 2016 2:41 PM in response to sberman

My clinic provider only has information/lab reports either online or their app, PDF, and XDMF format.

Even if they had the CDA format, If you go to the health record example above and choose "Data Sources & Access) the fields for record requests and data sources both say "none" are unresponsive and greyed out! There is nothing to set any options in phone settings (other than under privacy).

Shouldn't be any more difficult for Apple to manually add blood cholesterol numbers under the Results category just like there is for blood glucose.

It is really strange that there is a blood alcohol category under results. Who checks their blood alcohol content?

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Answer 7

Jul 24, 2017 2:56 PM in response to Derryl S

Still a major omission in July 2017. This can't be an oversight. No app developer would be that stupid. Is there some arcane Medicolegal or other reason behind this???

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