How to Export Your Complete Medical History from MyChart (Epic) in About 5 Minutes

If your doctor or hospital uses Epic — and most large U.S. health systems do — years of your medical history are already digitized and sitting in your MyChart patient portal: every lab panel, visit summary, medication list, and imaging report.

Getting it OUT of MyChart is a right you already have. It's just not obvious how. Here's the whole process, step by step.

Before you start

You'll need your MyChart login (web browser is easier than the phone app for downloads). If you've been seen at more than one health system, each has its own MyChart — repeat these steps for each one and you'll have your complete history.

Menus vary slightly between health systems (each hospital configures MyChart a little differently), but the destinations below exist in essentially all of them.

Option 1 — Download your full record (the everything-at-once export)

Step 1. Log in to MyChart in a web browser.

Step 2. Open Your Menu (top left) and search for Document Center or Sharing Hub.

Step 3. Choose Download My Record — in some systems this is called a Lucy summary or Requested Records.

Step 4. Select the date range. Choose All dates for your complete history, and request the download.

Step 5. MyChart prepares a file — sometimes instantly, sometimes after a few minutes (you'll get a notification). Download the .zip file and unzip it.

Inside you'll find your record as XML files (a standard format called C-CDA) and often a readable PDF version. Don't worry that the XML looks like code — that structured format is exactly what analysis tools read best.

Option 2 — Download specific test results (the targeted export)

If you only want your labs:

Step 1. In MyChart, go to Test Results.

Step 2. Open a result and look for the print or download icon — save it as a PDF.

Step 3. Repeat for the results you care about.

This is slower for long histories — Option 1 gets everything in one pass — but it's useful when you just want recent panels.

Option 3 — Ask for it (still your right)

If you can't find the export, message your clinic through MyChart or call the health-information/medical-records office and ask for "an electronic copy of my complete record." Under U.S. information-blocking rules, they're required to provide it.

What to do with the files

A pile of XML files and PDFs is your history — but it isn't understanding. Each file is a snapshot; nobody has connected them into one picture.

That's the part we built Phi Longevity for. Upload the files you just exported — we read C-CDA XML exports directly, along with PDFs, images, and CSVs — and PRISM consolidates them into a single report: one health score, every biomarker trended over time, and plain-English explanations you can print and take to your next appointment.

A few practical tips for long histories:

Upload in small batches — and let each batch finish analyzing before adding the next. Your score and timeline update as each batch lands.

Start with your most recent results — then backfill older years. Recent data shapes the picture most.

Managing a chronic condition? Set your condition focus in the app so the report prioritizes the markers your specialists actually track.

The bigger point

Your medical history is scattered across portals, but it belongs to you. Fifteen minutes of exporting — five per health system — turns "somewhere in MyChart" into a single document you can actually use: with your own eyes, with your doctor, and at every appointment from now on.

Phi Longevity's PRISM turns uploaded medical records into one clear, printable health report. Your first report is free — no credit card, no time limit.

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