Available only to patients in the Ambulatory Practice of the Future.

What is a Health and Life Balance Plan?

The Health and Life Balance Plan is a tool you and your care team can use to create a personal health or wellness goals and keep track of your progress. We will soon add the Health and Life Balance Plan to your electronic health record at the MGH so that your care team can help monitor your progress with you.

How do I get to my Health and Life Balance Plan?

You can select "Health and Life Balance Plan" from the Quick List. You may also select "Chart" and then select "Health and Life Balance Plan".

Create a goal

  1. Login to iHealthSpace
  2. Go to your Health and Life Balance Plan, select "Goals and Tasks".
  3. Select "Add a new goal">
  4. Enter the requested information to create a new goal. Select "Next"
  5. Add a task and fill in the requested information
  6. Select "Add Another Task" or "Finish"

Update my calendar with a task

  1. Go to "Daily Tasks" in the Health and Life Balance Plan.
  2. Click on the task you wish to update, and with the mouse still pressed down, drag the task over to the day you wish to add the task. Release the mouse button when you place the task over the proper day. Remember: the task cannot be added to a day before you created the goal; a task also cannot be added to a day in the future.
  3. Once you've moved the task onto the proper day, the task window will open. Enter any other information regarding your task here. Select "Save and Close".

Add a task to a goal I already created

Edit a task or a goal

Edit tasks and goals by selecting the pencil icon in-line with the task or goal you wish to edit.

Delete a task or a goal

Remove tasks and goals by selecting the trash-can icon in-line with the task or goal you wish to delete. Please keep in mind that any task or journal items you entered that were associated with a particular task or goal will be removed as well. We will be upgrading this in our next version so that you will still be able to access your old tasks and goals, but for now, these will be removed.

Using iHealthSpace