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Patient use of their health information accessible to them through online tools (e.g., patient portals and smartphone apps) can help empower them to make informed decisions about their health and track progress on health-related goals, potentially resulting in improved patient outcomes (1). Enabling patients to access and use the information contained in online medical records and patient ...
- Patient Portals
- Patient Portal Provincial Service Standards
- Patient Portal Provincial Implementation Guide
Patient portals give patients safe and secure online access to their personal health information and the ability to manage aspects of their own health care. They also can help patients and clinical teams interact in a more meaningful way to create better patient outcomes. The provincial service standards and implementation guide together help Ontar...
This document outlines standards that are mandatory, recommended, and those for future consideration. The purpose of the standards is to help Ontario Health regions, Ontario Health Teams, and other health care organizations, facilitate the expansion or selection and implementation of digital patient portal solutions. View the Patient Portal Provinc...
This guide is for health care organizations, including Ontario Health Teams, seeking to implement a patient portal. It supports an organization’s education and decision-making before procuring and implementing a patient portal solution. View the Patient Portal Provincial Implementation Guide Opens in a new window
It gives your health care team, including family doctor, nurses, emergency room clinicians and specialists, real-time access to your relevant medical information, so they can provide the best care for you. As a patient, you - or your substitute decision maker - have the right to access a copy of your personal health information.
MyChart is a secure portal to a digital health records system that securely keeps a patient’s health records in one place. Patients can access the secure portal using their desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone or other mobile device. With MyChart, patients can: Track health care goals. See upcoming appointments and check in for them.
Mar 7, 2019 · Progress with patient portals. A conversation between Alies Maybee and Anna Greenberg. Anna Greenberg: One of the widest chasms in digital health care today is the divide between people’s wish to access their own medical records electronically and their ability to do so. According to a 2018 Canada Health Infoway survey, 74% of Ontario ...
Patient engagement is a top priority for US healthcare systems. 1 The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) is a system-level strategy to involve patients in their healthcare and increase their ability to make informed decisions. 2,3 EHRs have tethered patient portals (PPs) where healthcare providers provide patients around-the-clock access to their health information (cf: personal ...
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Sep 13, 2022 · A patient portal is a secure website set up by a health care system, hospital, or clinic. The tools (or features) vary, depending on the portal. Patient portals can help you access medical records ...
