X-ray reports to be added to Nova Scotia health app

An X-ray technician is seen in this photo. X-ray reports will soon be available through the YourHealthNS app. (Communications Nova Scotia / File)

X-ray results will soon be available through the YourHealthNS app.

Nova Scotians will be able to see any X-rays done from July 15 onward. The results will be on the app 14 days after the scan.

The report includes findings from the X-ray, a comparison with any previous X-rays, the patient’s history and a summary. Images won’t be available.

“This is just the beginning as we plan to make more records and information available that will help Nova Scotians take a more active role in their health care, ” Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson said Monday in a news release.

Earlier this month, the Nova Scotia government expanded access to health records through the app to everybody in the province 16 and over with a valid health card.

That was after a three-month pilot project involving more than 13,000 patients at six clinics, including Queens Family Health in Liverpool. 

The X-ray reports will be in addition to the other information available on the app, including lab and some test results, hospital and health visits, medications and immunizations.

More than 600,000 X-rays were performed in Nova Scotia in 2023.