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You're here because something is happening with your health, or perhaps with someone you love. You may be getting information faster than you can process it. You may be walking into appointments unprepared and walking out more confused than when you walked in. That's not your fault. The healthcare system is complicated, and it was not designed to explain itself.
SafetyBuddy was built by someone who lived through exactly that: years of appointments, specialists, medications, and a system that never quite told the whole story. This tool exists so that next time you sit across from a doctor, you have everything in one place: your symptoms, your medications, your providers, your history, organized, understandable, and ready to share.
You don't need to be a patient advocate or a medical professional to use it. You just need to start.
Start with what's most urgent. If you have a doctor's appointment this week, open My Appointments from the menu and add it. Just the date, time, and doctor's name is enough for now.
If you're managing medications, go to My Meds and add one. Start with the one you take every day. If you're trying to explain a symptom to a doctor and don't have the words, go to Symptom Tracker or My Pain Tracker. On My Pain Tracker you can tap the part of your body where it hurts and rate the intensity. That alone, a marked diagram with intensity ratings, is something most patients have never been able to hand a doctor before.
You don't have to fill everything out at once. Every piece of information you add becomes part of a picture you can share later.
Every page with your medical records has a Share button. When you tap it, SafetyBuddy generates a QR code: a scannable image, like the ones on restaurant menus, that contains a snapshot of your information.
Your doctor, nurse, or specialist scans that code with their phone. They see your record instantly, formatted for easy reading. They don't need a login. They don't need to download anything. They don't need to be part of any system. The information goes directly from you to them.
This is what SafetyBuddy calls the airgap transfer: your private health data moves from your account to your care team only when you decide, only for as long as you allow, and only in the form you choose to share. The hospital doesn't send it. Your insurance company doesn't see it. You control it. Think of it as a digital version of the paper you always wished you'd had in your hand when you walked into the exam room.
Many SafetyBuddy users are not managing their own health. They're managing a parent's, a spouse's, or a child's. They're the one in the room taking notes while someone else is overwhelmed. They're the one who calls the pharmacy, coordinates the specialist, and tries to remember what the last doctor said.
If that's you, you can create an account specifically for the person you're helping. Log in as them (with their knowledge and permission), and build their record from what you know. When you walk into the next appointment, you won't be starting from memory. You'll have it in your hand.
SafetyBuddy stores your information securely in your account. We do not sell it. We do not share it with insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, or healthcare systems. We do not use it to train A I models.
The only time your information leaves your account is when you generate a share link or QR code, and that only happens when you tap the Share button. You can stop sharing at any time by revoking the link. This is a system built for patients, by someone who needed it. Its purpose is to give you the kind of clarity and control that the healthcare system rarely offers on its own.
You have rights to access, correct, or delete your data at any time. California residents and others may have additional rights under CCPA and applicable state privacy laws. See our Privacy Policy. Exceptions for legal or security reasons apply.
You don't have to have a complete record to benefit from this system. A single medication entry is better than none. One symptom note before an appointment is better than trying to remember everything in the waiting room. A chart on My Pain Tracker with two or three marked points is something a doctor can act on in minutes.
SafetyBuddy is designed to meet you where you are. You can start today with five minutes and one piece of information. Come back tomorrow and add another. Over time, without any single big effort, you'll have a record that tells your story: accurately, completely, and in your own words. That medical record could change how you're treated. In some cases, it might change everything.
The Vitals Info page holds what every provider needs to know about you before they treat you: blood type, known allergies, chronic conditions, current medications summary, emergency contacts, and insurance details. This is the page that matters most when you can't speak for yourself. In an emergency, first responders make decisions based on whatever information they have in the first minutes. A QR code from your phone can give them your allergy list and blood type before you've said a word.
Penicillin — hives and throat swelling is far more useful than penicillin allergy. The severity of a reaction helps a provider decide whether an alternative carries equivalent risk. If you've ever had a serious drug reaction, that detail should be in your vitals: not on a piece of paper in a file somewhere, but here, on your phone, in the moments that count.
Add at least two emergency contacts with their relationship to you and their phone numbers. If you're overwhelmed by what you're being told, or unable to communicate, the person in that contact list is the one who will make decisions with you or for you. Make sure the right person is listed, and make sure they know they're listed.
Medication errors are one of the leading causes of preventable harm in healthcare. Most happen because the prescribing provider didn't have a complete picture of what the patient was already taking, including over-the-counter supplements, vitamins, and medications from other doctors. SafetyBuddy's medication list is built to be that complete picture.
Add every medication you take. Include the dose, the frequency, and who prescribed it. This list can prevent a dangerous interaction from being prescribed, and it can answer a question that comes up in an emergency when you're not able to answer for yourself.
Safety Buddy uses A I to make it easy to quickly add your medications to your list. Just place your medicine bottle in front of your device's camera, and few quick snap-shots later, your medication bottle label is automatically entered into your medications record. Or, just as easy, the same details can be dictated by voice, directly into the form. If you're entering several at once, paste from a pharmacy printout and A I will help format the entries. However you do it, get every medication in here: prescription, over-the-counter, herbal, and supplemental.
AI assistance may have errors — verify all medication entries manually with your pharmacist or prescribing provider. Not FDA-approved.
Share your medication list with every new provider before they prescribe anything. A QR scan tells them everything they need in seconds. No more filling out intake forms from memory. Bring it to the ER. Bring it to urgent care. A complete medication list is one of the most protective things you can hand a provider.
Every appointment, scheduled, upcoming, or past, belongs here. Start with the basics: date, time, provider name, and your reason for the visit. Add any questions you want to ask. When you're in the waiting room, your preparation is already done.
After the appointment, come back and add what you learned. What did the doctor say? Were there follow-up instructions? Is there a referral? These notes become part of your health record, timestamped and searchable. In six months, when a new specialist asks what happened at that visit, you'll know exactly.
Most medical information is lost in the first ten minutes after leaving the exam room. You're processing what you just heard, managing your feelings about it, and trying to get to your car. By the time you're home, the details blur. SafetyBuddy captures information before that moment, so that even if you don't add notes right away, you have a handy record of what was scheduled, why, and with whom.
If you're coordinating between multiple providers, share your appointment history with the next doctor. Generate a QR code of your notes and hand your phone to the specialist. They see the full history immediately. No calls, no records transfers, no waiting.
Pain is notoriously difficult to describe, especially to a provider who sees dozens of patients a day. My Pain Tracker gives you a visual tool to show exactly where you're experiencing discomfort: front and back views of the body, touch-targeted, with the ability to mark multiple points, rate severity, and add notes for each location. When you walk in with a marked chart, the conversation starts differently. You're not describing. You're showing.
Pain patterns tell a story. A symptom that started in one location and migrated is a different clinical picture than one that has stayed constant. By saving your chart entries with timestamps, you build a record of how your pain has moved, intensified, or resolved. That chronological record is exactly what a specialist needs to form a diagnosis, and it's something most patients have never been able to provide before.
A marked chart becomes part of your symptom record, timestamped, and linked to your other notes. When SafetyBuddy generates an agentic message, as you requested in Timers & Tools, it can help you think about questions from your history. That helps you recall the exact location from My Pain Tracker, along with the pain level you entered. Everything you add works together to help with patient preparedness.
AI-generated suggestions are informational only — not medical advice. Always verify with your care team. Not FDA-approved.
Symptoms are most useful to a doctor when they have context: when it started, how often it happens, what makes it better or worse, and whether it's changing. Most patients try to remember all of this in the waiting room. SafetyBuddy lets you capture it on your mobile device or desktop computer the moment it happens, in your own words with a timestamp. Then, when you arrive at an appointment or call someone on your care team, you are well prepared with logged symptom history. You're not guessing. You're providing your care team with good data.
Once you've added enough symptom entries, you may have thought of questions for your care team based on what you've logged about your pain. From your specific symptoms, their patterns, and their severity, you can add your questions to your notes so your care team will see them on your appointment, call, or your patient portal. You can also share them with your provider ahead of time. A doctor who knows your questions before you walk in is a doctor who can actually prepare answers. That often helps you and your care team build a closer relationship.
If your discomfort is hard to describe in words, open My Pain Tracker from the menu and mark exactly where it hurts on the body diagram, then use the slider to indicate how much it hurts. That visual representation, with image, date and time stamp, and pain level, goes into your symptom record alongside everything else. A marked diagram, shown to a specialist, is often more useful than five minutes of explaining.
Not all providers are equal. Before you put your health in someone's hands, you deserve to know what other patients have experienced. The Know First page lets you build a profile of every provider in your care: their name, practice, specialty, contact information, and your own notes. SafetyBuddy gives patients a place to say what they experienced — the kind of patient voice the healthcare system rarely amplifies on its own. When something goes wrong, there should be a record. When something goes right, that too should be recognized.
Tap Add New Provider to create a profile. Add their name, specialty, hospital affiliation, and your notes from your experience. This becomes your personal provider directory, connected to the appointments and Quick Learn entries you associate with them. Over time it becomes a timeline of your care: who saw you, when, and what happened.
Use Evaluate Existing to share your experience after an appointment. SafetyBuddy walks you through structured questions covering communication, attentiveness, follow-through, and outcome. Your experience is saved to your account and, if you choose, added to the community record. Excellence deserves recognition. Difficult experiences deserve to be heard. Both matter here.
Provider reviews are the personal opinions of individual users, protected under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. SafetyBuddy is not affiliated with any State Medical Board or licensing authority. Reviews do not replace official complaint processes. Post only truthful, factual content consistent with FTC guidelines.
Quick Learn is where your medical history comes alive. Every test result, hospital visit, diagnosis, specialist note, or procedure can be added here: not just filed away, but understood. When you tap Click & Learn with A I, SafetyBuddy reads your record and translates medical language into plain English. You'll walk away knowing what the words mean and what questions to ask.
This is not a filing cabinet. It's a learning tool. The more you add, the clearer your health story becomes: to you, and to every provider you see.
AI explanations are for reference only and may be incorrect. Not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always verify with your care team. Not FDA-approved.
Tap Add Record and start with whatever you have. If you're holding a printed test result, use the camera input to photograph it and let A I extract the details. If a doctor just told you something in the hallway, tap the microphone and say it out loud. SafetyBuddy accepts information any way you can give it. You don't need the whole story on day one. A single entry today is better than nothing.
When A I analyzes your record, medical terms become clickable. Tap any highlighted word and a floating card appears explaining what it means in plain language. You can drag it anywhere on your screen. Switch between the doctor's exact wording and a patient-friendly version. Have it read aloud. This is your record. It should be readable by you.
Tap Share and SafetyBuddy generates a QR code your doctor can scan with their phone. No login required on their end, no downloading, no portal access needed. Your record reaches them in seconds. You decide what to share and when, and you can revoke access at any time.
My Cloud is where you keep the documents that don't fit neatly into a record entry but matter enormously. Discharge summaries. Insurance explanation-of-benefits statements. Specialist letters. Radiology reports. Prior authorization denials. If a piece of paper has ever changed your care, or should have, it belongs in My Cloud, on your phone, accessible in seconds.
Upload a photo of a printed document or a PDF from your patient portal. Give it a descriptive name, for example Discharge Summary — Memorial Hospital — March 2026, so you can find it quickly when you need it. The more descriptive your file names, the easier your life becomes six months from now when someone asks for documentation of a procedure you know you had.
There are moments in healthcare navigation when having the right document on hand is the difference between getting care and being turned away. A prior authorization. A referral letter. A specialist's note saying a procedure is medically necessary. My Cloud is your answer when the system tells you something is missing that you know you have. You have it. It's here. Show them.
SafetyBuddy automatically logs you out after a period of inactivity to protect your health information. This is especially important on shared devices: a tablet in a waiting room, a family computer, a phone that gets handed to someone else. Open Timers & Tools from the menu to see your current session status and manage how long you stay logged in.
On mobile devices, apps go to sleep when you lock your screen, and sometimes the session clock keeps running even when you're not using the app. SafetyBuddy uses a smart timer that accounts for device sleep time, so your session doesn't expire unexpectedly mid-appointment just because your screen turned off while you were talking to your doctor.
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