Open health records download files in your browser
The ZIP a patient portal saves when you download your records, with INDEX.HTM, README.TXT and an IHE_XDM folder. Open it right here on the list of what it holds, each record as a chart you can read. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your download opens on the list of what it holds, each document with its date and author, and each one opens in its own viewer.
- Every document • Listed from its metadata
- Each C-CDA • As a chart you can read
- Patient data hidden until you show it
- Read in place • Nothing to unzip
About health records download
When you download or send your record from a US patient portal, many EHRs write it in XDM, the layout IHE set for health records on a disc, a USB stick or an email: a ZIP with INDEX.HTM and README.TXT on top and IHE_XDM inside, a folder for each set of documents with a METADATA.XML that lists them.
Each document is a file of its own, DOC0001.XML and on: a C-CDA, a PDF, a picture or a text, with its title, kind, date, author and patient in METADATA.XML, and often a stylesheet beside it, which browsers won't run on a file from your disk. INDEX.HTM and README.TXT say who sent it and why.
Filepeek opens the ZIP on the list of its documents, read from METADATA.XML or else from the files in its folders, with when each was made and by whom, and INDEX.HTM and README.TXT beside them. Each document opens in its own viewer, a C-CDA as a chart of its sections with the patient's details hidden until Show patient data, and nothing in the ZIP ever runs.
Patient portal download, IHE's XDM
.zip
Format
- MIME type
- application/zip
- Made by
- Patient portals and EHRs, in IHE's XDM layout
Inside the file
- Kept as
- A ZIP in IHE's XDM layout
- On top
- INDEX.HTM and README.TXT
- Documents
- IHE_XDM, a folder for each set
- Listed in
- METADATA.XML, a list in ebXML
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens health record downloads in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, unpacking only what you open. On their own, browsers download the ZIP.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open health records download
- WindowsFile Explorer unzips it, then INDEX.HTM opens in a browser
- MacArchive Utility unzips it, then INDEX.HTM opens in a browser
- iPhone and iPadFiles unzips it
- AndroidFiles by Google unzips it
Questions
What's the IHE_XDM folder?
It's where the documents are, a folder for each set the portal sent, named like SUBSET01 or after you, with METADATA.XML listing each document and DOC0001.XML and on holding them. Filepeek reads them in place, so there's nothing to unzip.
Why does INDEX.HTM show so little?
It's a page the portal writes to point at the documents, and its links lead to XML a browser shows as code. Here each document opens as a chart, or in its own viewer.
Can I open the PDF in it?
Yes. Each document opens in its own viewer, a PDF in the PDF viewer and a picture in the image viewer.
Is my record uploaded?
No. The ZIP is read in your browser and stays on your device. The patient's details stay hidden until you choose Show patient data.