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Thoughts on health data, AI, and building exora.
How to get your medical records for a DVA claim (2026)
DVA's own figures say the average claim takes 136 days, and 42 of those are spent waiting on information from somewhere else. Since July 2026 some claims can be decided in under two weeks instead - if the paperwork is ready on the day you lodge. Here is where your records actually live and how to get them.
Read moreMoving countries with your medical records
There is no international system that moves your medical history between countries. Nothing follows you. This is what to collect before you leave, what a new doctor actually needs on the other side, and why your medicines change name at the border - with Australia worked through as the example.
Read moreYour test results now go to My Health Record automatically
Since 1 July 2026, pathology and imaging reports are uploaded to My Health Record by default. Most appear within 24 hours, which means you can now read a result before your doctor has called you about it. Here is what changed, and what to do with it.
Read moreTravelling overseas with a medical condition (Australia, 2026)
Every travel health guide tells you to carry a letter from your doctor. Almost none of them tell you what that letter has to contain, which eleven countries will treat you under Medicare's reciprocal agreements, or what to do when a hospital in another language asks what you take.
Read moreBest apps for organising your health records in Australia (2026)
A fair, checkable comparison of the apps Australians can use to organise their medical records in 2026 - what each one actually does, what it costs, and which is right for you. Written by the founder of one of them, and it says so up front.
Read moreChat to an AI about your medical records (Australia, 2026)
ChatGPT Health and Perplexity Health both launched in 2026, and neither is available in Australia. Here is what an Australian can actually use to ask questions about their own health records, and the one thing worth judging any of them on.
Read moreManaging family health records: kids, parents, carers
Caring for someone does not give you access to their health records. Here is how access actually works in Australia for children, for ageing parents, and for carers - including the rule that removes your access to your child's record the day they turn 14.
Read moreIs there an app for My Health Record? (2026)
You already have a My Health Record. So why would you use an app as well? The two do genuinely different jobs, and the difference comes down to who fills it in and who can see it.
Read moreHow to organise years of paper medical records and scans
A practical order of operations for the shoebox: what to request, what to scan and at what settings, what to do with imaging CDs and old X-ray films, and how to name and back it all up so you can find things later.
Read moreAI, the climate question, and exora
AI gets a bad rap on energy and water, and a lot of that worry is well placed. Here is a straight answer on what using exora actually costs the planet, and why for most people it is offset many times over by less wasted care.
Read moreWhat happens to your data if exora shuts down
Most health tech startups fail. Here is what we promise about your data if we ever do, and what we are doing now to make sure you are never trapped.
Read moreDoes HIPAA apply in Australia? Your health data rights
What the Australian Privacy Act says about your right to access and control your health information - and why it matters.
Read moreHow exora's AI pipeline works
A look under the hood at the multi-pass AI pipeline that turns scattered medical documents into a unified, searchable health record.
Read moreWhy patients have never owned their health data
From paper records in filing cabinets to digital silos behind patient portals - the history of why patients have been locked out of their own health data, and why AI is finally changing that.
Read moreWhy we built exora
Every doctor's office, hospital, and specialist has a piece of your health story. But they don't share with each other - and they barely share with you. Here is why we decided to change that.
Read moreFollow along as we build exora
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