Kill the Clipboard.
Stop filling out the same forms. Share your records from your phone.
Choose an appYou can book a flight in seconds. Get groceries delivered in minutes. Even ride in a self-driving car. But your medical records? Still stuck on clipboards, fax machines, and a dozen patient portals.
That ends now.
The clipboard was invented in 1921 and first used in medical settings in 1928. It's had a good run — but it's time to kill it once and for all.
Choose an app, pull your medical records, and share them with your doctor instantly using a QR code. Walk in, scan your phone, and everything your doctor needs is already there. No clipboards. No portals. No fax machines.
On April 9th, the first wave of companies are stepping up. By July 4th — America's 250th birthday — we'll celebrate the life of the clipboard and hold its funeral. For good.
You're among the first to use this — and we need your help to make it work everywhere.
How it works
Getting and sharing your records is simple:
Choose an app
Pick from apps that let you request, manage, and share your records.
Request your records
Connect to your health providers and pull your records into your app.
Share with your doctor
Share your records instantly using a QR code.
The Scoreboard
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Goal: 1,000 clipboards killed by May
Every time a patient shares their records digitally instead of filling out a paper form, a clipboard dies. Help us hit 1,000 by May.
Killing the clipboard is just the beginning
Most of healthcare happens outside the clinic. At home. At work. Late at night when something doesn't feel right. When your health data connects to intelligent tools, you're not alone anymore.
Answers at 8 p.m.
Conversational AI tools can connect to your health records and help you make sense of what they mean — in plain language, any time of day. Not replacing your doctor. Making you a better patient when your doctor isn't in the room.
Diabetes, obesity & beyond
Apps are launching that use your health data to help manage diabetes, support weight loss, and prevent chronic conditions — personalized to your actual medical history. Connect your wearable and see what your body is telling you, not just what a generic chart says.
The CMS App Library
CMS is building a curated App Library on CMS.gov — and inside Medicare.gov for Medicare patients. One place to discover trusted apps for health records, AI tools, chronic condition management, and more. This is just the start.
Think about boarding a flight today. You scan your phone and everything the system needs is already there. Healthcare should work the same way — and now it can.
This is a beautiful start. Let's build what comes next.
This is just launching — and you can help it grow
The more patients who try this, the faster the ecosystem improves. Use it, share it with other patients, and tell us what happened — where it worked and where it didn't.
Take action
Every piece of feedback helps build a better system. Whether it worked perfectly or didn't work at all, we want to hear from you.