Navigate My Chart: Commonsense Medicine
Life Is in the Blood...
Know What Yours Is Saying.
A COMMON-SENSE GUIDE FOR LAB TEST LITERACY
Stop Guessing Start
Understanding
Navigate My Chart: Commonsense Medicine guides you on interpreting your lab tests, identifying risk factors, and tracking changes in your blood chemistry. With this information at your fingertips, you are empowered to partner with your doctor in your healthcare and to become more accountable for your self-care.
Written in clear language
Practical lab-test education
Designed for everyday readers
HEALTH INFORMATION YOU CAN USE
.Lab tests provide a snapshot of how well your body is functioning. They can identify early warning signs, monitor changes over time, and show how well medications or lifestyle changes are working. Understanding your results helps you and your healthcare provider make informed decisions and take action before small concerns become serious health problems.
Learn to Read the Signs and Navigate Your Health.
Electronic medical records give you numbers, abbreviations, and reference ranges. Navigate My Chart is a practical guide that can help you understand what the numbers mean, and it goes further. It is your personal guide on how to adopt lifestyle behaviors that support health and wellness while lowering the risk of chronic diseases. What does your blood chemistry say about your present and future health? Life is in the blood, and so is death.
Lab Test Literacy
Move through your electronic medical record with more clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Prevention
Learn which common markers may help you pay attention to changes before problems become harder to manage.
Identification
Understand the purpose of frequently ordered blood tests and the body systems they help evaluate.
Management
Use clearer health information to prepare for appointments and participate more confidently in care decisions.
INSIDE THE BOOK
A patient-friendly roadmap for lab test literacy.
1
Decode common abbreviations.
What do HCRP, Sed Rate, GFR and BUN mean?
2
Listen to your body and stop gussing
3
Measure with numbers not emotions. .
Use your results to organize questions for your physician or other qualified health professional.
4
Build healthier awareness.
Recognize how lifestyle, nutrition, stress, and routine health exams supports holistic wellcare.
Learn how selected markers relate to blood, metabolism, kidney, liver, thyroid, inflammation, and more.
“Access to your test results is only the first step. Understanding what your body is saying is a game-changer. Navigate your health with knowledge and confidence.
From the comfort of your home, with Navigate My Chart and the app in your hands, managing your health just got easier.
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Dr. Elaine Reedy turns confusing medical language into practical knowledge, helping readers become more prepared, more confident, and more engaged in conversations about their health.
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Meet the author
Dr. Elaine Reedy
Hi, I’m Dr. Elaine Reedy. I hold a Ph.D. in Behavioral Health and Medicine and a master’s degree focused on the medicinal properties of plants. I have been blessed with more than 25 years of experience as a behavioral health and wellness educator and coach. Throughout my career, I have devoted many years to researching how diet and stress affect blood chemistry. Guided by my belief that “life is in the blood,” my mission is to help people understand their blood tests and learn how to protect their health.
In 1987, I spearheaded a Georgia House bill aimed at giving patients access to their medical records, more specifically their blood tests. In the years that followed, advances in technology helped healthcare facilities transition from paper to electronic records, making health information more accessible. Today, patients can view their medical records online. Yet access alone does not mean understanding: laboratory tests, unfamiliar terms, and numbers can be difficult to interpret.
My mission is to teach people how to navigate their electronic health records and understand what their blood tests may reveal about their health. That purpose inspired me to write Navigate My Chart: Commonsense Medicine, a practical guide to laboratory test literacy. The book also explores evidence-informed nutrition, lifestyle, and holistic self-care strategies that can help reduce risk factors and support overall health.
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Beginning with the first chapter, you will gain knowledge to make more informed decisions and partner more effectively with your healthcare providers. Knowledge empowers you to take action; a lack of understanding can leave important health risks unrecognized.
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