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Upload the pathology report, the discharge papers, the voicemails from the oncology nurse. KeptWell reads it all, flags what matters, and gives your whole family one place to understand what's happening — together.

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Pathology — Mar 14.pdf

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Reviewed

TypePathology report

FindingsStage IIA, ER+/PR+, HER2-

NextMed onc consult, 2 weeks

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Reading 12 docs

When did Mom's platelets start dropping?

First dipped Feb 14 at 118. Trended down through Mar 13 (91, flagged low).

CBC · Feb 14Visit · Dr. Patel

Platelets trending lower

Three consecutive draws below range. Last value 91 on Mar 13.

CBC · Mar 13

Mom's circle, in sync.

The thing on your kitchen counter

You already have a system. It just doesn't work.

The binder. The folder. The pile. Every family navigating a serious diagnosis ends up with one. KeptWell replaces it with something that actually understands what's inside — reads every page, pulls out every lab value, and keeps the whole family on the same page.

Mom's Care

Discharge

Ask about the platelet drop???

?!

Rx

Lisinopril

20 mg · 1 daily

Onc nurse · 0:42

Yesterday

CBC · Mar 13

Low

91

platelets ×10⁹/L

01The binder on your kitchen counter

02The Trader Joe's bag of pill bottles

03Discharge papers you can't parse at 11pm

04Voicemails from the oncology nurse

05Screenshots of your mom's labs

06Sticky notes with questions for the doctor

All of this. In one place. That actually understands it.

What changes on day one

The moments that used to crush you — handled.

Mar21

Dr. Patel · Med Onc

4 questions · 2 ready

Will the platelet drop change cycle 4?

Imaging timeline after this round?

Add anti-nausea before next infusion?

Pneumonia vaccine timing?

Before the appointment

Walk out with every question answered.

KeptWell reads your recent labs, medications, and notes — then drafts the questions you'd regret not asking. Add your own. Print the list.

PDF

Pathology — Mar 14.pdf

2.4 MB · uploaded Mar 14

Reviewed

TypePathology report

FindingsStage IIA, ER+/PR+, HER2-

NextMed onc consult, 2 wks

After the scan

Read the pathology report without being the one who read it.

Upload the PDF. KeptWell extracts the findings, flags anything abnormal, and explains what it means in plain English. No medical degree required.

Mom's circle

5 members

Sara

Sister · Denver

Seen

Marcus

Brother · Atlanta

Seen

Aunt Karen

RN · viewing

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Across the family

Your sister in Denver already knows.

Invite the people who love your person. Everyone sees the same documents, the same trends, the same medication list. No more group-text recaps at midnight.

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Every document you upload becomes part of KeptWell's memory. Ask a question and get a real answer — with citations back to the exact page in the exact report.

“When did Mom's platelet count start dropping?”

“Which of these meds were added after the last scan?”

“What did Dr. Patel say about the next steps?”

“Summarize everything from the last three months.”

When did Mom's platelet count start dropping?

Her platelets first dipped below the reference range on February 14 (118 × 10⁹/L), the labs taken after cycle 2 of chemo. They've trended down through the last three draws — 104 on Feb 28, then 91 on March 13, which is flagged low.

Dr. Patel's note from March 14 mentions this specifically and recommends holding cycle 4 if it drops below 75.

CBC — Feb 14.pdfCBC — Mar 13.pdfVisit note — Dr. Patel.pdf

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What's inside

Built for the things no one prepared you to do.

A set of tools that together turn a pile of medical paperwork into something you can actually hold in your head.

PDF

Pathology — Mar 14.pdf

2.4 MB · uploaded Mar 14

Reviewed

TypePathology report

FindingsStage IIA, ER+/PR+, HER2-

NextMed onc consult, 2 wks

Upload anything. Get back answers.

Scans, PDFs, photos of paperwork, even voice recordings from appointments. KeptWell reads it all and pulls out what matters.

Hemoglobin A1C

Last 12 months

High

7.4

%

+0.6 since Apr

See the trend before the doctor mentions it.

Every lab value you've ever uploaded, grouped and charted with reference ranges. Sparklines instead of spreadsheets.

When did Mom's platelets start dropping?

First dipped Feb 14 at 118. Trended down through Mar 13 (91, flagged low).

CBC · Feb 14Visit · Dr. Patel

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Ask. It already knows.

A private chat that's read every document in your circle. Answers come with citations back to the original page.

Mar21

Dr. Patel · Med Onc

4 questions · 2 ready

Will the platelet drop change cycle 4?

Imaging timeline after this round?

Add anti-nausea before next infusion?

Pneumonia vaccine timing?

Walk into appointments ready.

Before each visit, KeptWell drafts the questions worth asking — based on recent results, meds, and open threads.

Private journal

Mar 14 · 11:42 pm

Couldn't sleep again

Re-read the path report. Mom seemed quieter on the phone — I don't know if it's the news or the steroids tapering.

MomAnxiousSleep

Only you can see this.

A private journal alongside the shared record.

Notes only you see. Photos, audio, quick thoughts. Tagged automatically and easy to find when it matters.

Medication changes

Last 60 days

Lisinopril

10 → 20 mg · Mar 18

Dose ↑

Atorvastatin

20 mg nightly · Mar 18

Started

Spironolactone

— · Feb 02

Stopped

Every med change, on one page.

Started, stopped, dose increased — KeptWell tracks every change and when it happened, so nothing slips through.

Timeline

March

Mar 28

CBC labs

Labs

Mar 21

Visit · Dr. Patel

Visit

Mar 14

Pathology report

Doc

Mar 03

Voicemail · oncology

Audio

A timeline that tells the story.

Scans, labs, notes, appointments, conversations — arranged chronologically. The shape of the year, at a glance.

Platelets trending lower

Three consecutive draws below range. Last value 91 on Mar 13.

CBC · Mar 13

3 family members notified

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Flags when something shifts.

KeptWell watches new uploads for changes worth noticing — a flagged value, a new medication, a surprising finding — and surfaces them.

Wherever you are right now

Meet us at the hardest part.

“We got the diagnosis this week.”

Start by uploading whatever you already have — the scan, the biopsy report, the after-visit summary. KeptWell will read it all, summarize what it says, and flag what to ask about at the next appointment.

Make sense of the report that started all this.

Build the first list of questions for the oncologist.

Loop in family without another group text.

“We're in the middle of treatment.”

Forward the lab emails. Upload the infusion notes. Drop in the voicemails. KeptWell keeps a running picture of what's happening — trends, medications, appointments — so you don't have to rebuild it in your head every week.

See every lab value trending over time.

Track every medication change with dates.

Get flagged when something shifts.

“I'm helping from out of state.”

You don't have to wait for a phone call or guess at what the appointment really said. Everyone in the circle sees the same documents, the same notes, and the same timeline — updated the moment something lands.

See what Mom or Dad saw, at the same time.

Read the doctor's note directly, not a summary.

Keep your own private notes, too.

Circle-shaped, not patient-shaped

Everyone who loves your person, in one place.

Every family has a cast: the adult child coordinating things, the sibling three states away, the cousin who's a nurse, the partner who reads every page twice. KeptWell gives all of them a single view of what's going on — without crossing wires with any other family you're connected to.

Invite with an email. No app downloads to stall you.

Separate circles stay separate. Nothing bleeds across.

Your private notes stay private, even inside the circle.

Research you run can be shared with the circle — or not.

Mom

Your sister in Denver

Dad

Aunt Karen

You

Your brother

Home health nurse

The part that shouldn't need saying

Private, by design. Because this is.

Encrypted where it matters.

Sensitive fields — chat messages, journal entries, patient names — are encrypted at rest. Your data isn't sitting in a spreadsheet somewhere.

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KeptWell doesn't make money off your worst week. We make money the old-fashioned way: families pay us for software that helps.

Circle-scoped by default.

Every document, every note, every comment stays inside the circle it was added to. No cross-family bleed.

Your data, exportable.

Download the whole thing — documents, notes, timeline — as a ZIP, anytime. You own it. We just hold it.

When you're ready, we're here.

Start organizing your family's care today. Invite the people who need to know, and keep everyone on the same page.

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