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Privacy-reduced case learning for better clinical conversations.
Describe what's been happening, in your own words. The library currently starts with clearly labelled illustrative teaching cases, and patient-side matching stays limited to those public constructed examples. Results are educational patterns and questions for your own clinician—not a diagnosis. Automated checks reduce common identifier risk but cannot confirm de-identification.
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No account. No name. No email. You get a private case code to come back anytime.
What this is — and what it is not
SameCase shows educational patterns from clearly labelled teaching examples and, as the network grows, de-identified clinician contributions. It helps you have a better conversation with your own doctor. It does not diagnose you, does not give medical advice, and is not a substitute for seeing a clinician. If you are worried about your health — especially with severe or rapidly worsening symptoms — seek medical care now rather than researching.
No direct identity fields
We do not request an account, name, or email. A high-entropy secret code (like K7FQ-9X2M-R4TW-6HNP) is the only retrieval key. Free text can still identify someone indirectly, so residual risk remains.
Matched to educational cases
Your description is compared only with the currently published, clearly labelled constructed teaching examples.
Optional doctor input
You can request input, but a doctor response is not guaranteed. Your narrative stays quarantined until a human privacy reviewer approves access for currently verified doctors. Do not delay care while waiting.
Preview before sharing
A comparison to discuss, not a diagnosis to adopt
This is an illustrative outline of the learning format, not a real patient result or a promise of a match. You can explore the public library without entering any health information.
- What overlaps: a teaching example may share a symptom, timeline or test finding with the situation you describe.
- What differs or is missing: the history, examination, tests and outcome may be different. Similarity does not establish a diagnosis or tell you which treatment to use.
- A question for your clinician: “Which parts of this example are relevant to my situation, and which differences make it less useful?”
Prepare before comparing
Organize your own story first
A clear timeline and focused record set are usually more useful to your care team than arriving with an online diagnosis. These worksheets help you prepare observations and questions without forcing your experience into somebody else's case.
Build a one-page medical summary
Turn your timeline, medicines, records, concerns, and questions into a clean printable visit brief. It stays in this browser and is not sent or saved.
Open private tool →Symptom diary & timeline template
Record daily observations, then turn onset, patterns, impact, medicines, and questions into a one-page visit summary.
Use template →Specialist appointment checklist
Prepare the referral question, one-page summary, medicines, relevant records, scan files, questions, and follow-up responsibilities.
Use checklist →Medical test & diagnosis checklist
Ask what a test will change, how to prepare, its limits and harms, who explains the result, and what to clarify after a diagnosis.
Use checklist →Similar case appraisal checklist
Check what matched, what differs or is missing, how the diagnosis and outcome are supported, and turn the comparison into one neutral question.
Use checklist →No diagnosis yet worksheet
Organize unexplained symptoms, prior tests, open questions, result ownership, reassessment timing, and safety-net instructions.
Use worksheet →Start with a plain-language symptom pattern
These guides compare important possibilities, explain urgent warning signs, and then link to a constructed teaching case. A familiar feature does not mean that case's diagnosis applies to you.
Before you share
Questions patients and caregivers often ask
Is SameCase a diagnosis tool?
No. SameCase provides educational comparisons and questions to discuss with your own clinician. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace an in-person medical assessment.
Do I need an account, name, or email?
No. Patient entry does not request an account, name, or email. A secret retrieval code lets you return to your case, but free text can still contain identifying details.
Who can see what I write?
Patient-side matching uses only public constructed teaching examples. If you request doctor input, your individual narrative stays quarantined until a human privacy reviewer approves access for currently verified doctors; it is never placed on a public page.
What should I do if symptoms are urgent?
Seek local medical care now, especially for severe, rapidly worsening, or emergency symptoms. Do not wait for an online comparison or a doctor response on SameCase.
Coming back? Enter your case code
Add updates as things develop — especially once you have answers. Sharing what it turned out to be helps the next person with a story like yours.