Improve yourself in just 30 days.
My Personal Health Improvement Tool (PHIT)
MyPHIT was a web application for a single, bounded piece of work: pick one health priority, write it down as a SMART goal, and follow it for thirty days. The archived homepage described the tool in three movements — plan your PHIT, track your PHIT, share your PHIT — and offered ten themes to choose between, from meditation and sleep hygiene to time management and starting a new hobby.
Accounts were created through Devise sign-up, and the archived form recorded a role — high-school, undergraduate, nursing, graduate and medical students alongside residents, nurses, physicians and other health-care staff — which is the clearest surviving evidence of who the tool was written for.
/users/sign_up
Sign Up
Reproduction of the archived screen. The fields are inert — nothing is submitted and no data is collected.
How it worked
The three blocks below are reproduced word for word from the archived homepage.
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Plan your PHIT
What is your health priority? Choose a theme and plan your SMART goal to improve your Personal Health.
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Track your PHIT
How was today? Monitor your progress towards a healthier you.
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Share your PHIT
You’re not alone! Share your wellness journey, see what others are working on in the PHIT community.
The ten themes
The archived homepage cycled these ten themes through a single rotating line. They are listed here in their recorded order.
- 01Begin Meditation
- 02Enhance Physical Exercise
- 03Advance Healthy Eating
- 04Improve Sleep Hygiene
- 05Foster Reflection
- 06Unplug from Technology
- 07Improve Time Management
- 08Increase Social Supports
- 09Promote Positivity
- 10Start a New Hobby
Quotations recorded on the archived page
These three quotations appeared in a rotating panel on the archived homepage and are reproduced with their original attributions. They are a record of what that page displayed, not current endorsements, and no affiliation with any college or institution is claimed or implied.
Fiona Ewing - Dartmouth College Class of ’17“My daily quality of life has completely changed for the better now that I sleep 8 hours a day, which is something I never thought I could actually get into the habit of doing.”
Christiana - Dartmouth College Class of ’17“The PHIT provided me the structure I needed to turn my inspirations into daily habits.”
Maddy - Dartmouth College Class of ’17“The PHIT is an incredibly accessible, flexible, and easy-to-use tool to pursue any health improvement project. I am so grateful for the PHIT for how it pushed me to reach my health goals. I now have the confidence to improve my health in any way I choose!”
Archived screens
The application ran on Ruby on Rails with Devise authentication. Three account screens survive in the backup; both reproductions below are inert.
/users/sign_in
Log in
Reproduction of the archived screen. The fields are inert — nothing is submitted and no data is collected.
/users/password/new
Forgot your password?
Reproduction of the archived screen. The fields are inert — nothing is submitted and no data is collected.
Please enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password.
Archived routes
| Route | Screen | What it did |
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/ | Overview | The public description of the tool: headline, ten themes, the three PHIT steps and participant quotations. |
/users/sign_up | Sign Up | Devise registration form collecting email, name, role, age, gender and a password of at least six characters. |
/users/sign_in | Log in | Devise session form with email address, password and a remember-me option. |
/users/password/new | Password reset | Devise recovery form that emailed a reset link to the address entered. |
These are archived interfaces, not live services. Nothing here creates an account, signs anyone in, or sends mail. .
Record
Welcome to the Personal Health Improvement Tool (PHIT)
Congratulations on your commitment to the pursuit of health and thank you for contributing to our vision of “healthy individuals contributing to healthy communities.” I invite you to use this electronic tool to promote rapid tests of change in all areas of your health. By focusing on your priorities and completing one or 100 PHIT’s you will advance your personal journey towards wellness.
Cheers to our health!
Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH
Not medical advice. This material is archived, may be years out of date, and must not be used to make decisions about care. Consult a qualified clinician.
archive record
This archive was rebuilt from the myphit.org server backup: the landing page and the three account screens, which are the only routes the backup contains. Wording, headings, the ten themes, the three PHIT steps and the quotations are reproduced as recorded. Tracking scripts and the original framework assets were removed, and the account forms are reproductions rather than working flows. To request removal or transfer of any material here, write to .