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Will MyHealth Records Patient Portal Impact Your Healthcare Practice?

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Jean Eaton in Blog

Patient Portals Improves Access To Own Health Information

Residents of Alberta can now access their personal COVID-19 and other lab test results, immunization history, dispensed medication history and more in their own MyHealth Records – the patient portal view of Alberta Netcare.

In October 2020, parents can now access their children's COVID-19 test result lookup, too.

The sign-up process has recently been changed to permit rapid sign-up to access MyHealth Records.

Watch the short video above for my quick review of MyHealth Records.

MyHealth Records

The Alberta Netcare website says that MyHealth Records is a Personal Health Record for Albertans to access some of their health information, such as lab results, medications, and immunizations drawn from Alberta Netcare.

MyHealth Records also provides access to several health and wellness tools to help track and maintain overall health. (See the complete list of features here.)

Alberta Health has announced that the first step for patients to access thier own records is to request your MyAlberta Digital ID (MADI) which will eventually act as your login credentials to the ANP.

If you have not already registered for MADI access you may do so here:  MyAlberta Digital ID.

You will see 2 options – one for a basic account and one for a verified account. Select the verified account.

You will receive a personal identification number (PIN) in the mail.

When you have a verified account, you can go to your MyAlberta Digital ID account and add a new MyHealth Records access.

You can do this now – no need to wait!

You will (probably) have access to medications dispensed by pharmacists and lab and diagnostic imaging tests results for the last 18 months. Remember, not all test results are available.

You can now also add your own journal entries for your weight, food diary, exercise diary and other tools to help you manage your health.

If your healthcare provider is also using the secure messaging system supported by MyHealth Records, you may be able to send a secure message to your healthcare provider, too.

This is a patient portal into your health information maintained by Alberta Health Services and Alberta Netcare.

The original or ‘source’ data continues to be securely managed in the service providers’ originating electronic systems. The originating systems and their custodians are required to keep the records for the entire records retention period; generally 10 years.

The information in the MyHealth Records portal may only be available to you for 18 months to 2 years. If you choose to add information to your account, I believe that information will be maintained for a limited time (for example, 2 years).

Patient portal

Patient Portals Can Reduce Barriers

The use of  a patient portal can reduce barriers for patients to access their own records. Other benefits to patient portals  may include:

  • Increased empowerment to patients who can access their own results in a timely fashion
  • Better communication with patients
  • Fewer access requests (and increased administration efficiencies)
  • Fewer missed appointments (and increased access to care)

How Will Patient Portals Affect Your Healthcare Practice?

Will you tell your patients that they can access some of their lab results themselves directly from MyHealth Records?

Let me know your experiences with patient portals and your questions. I really would like to know your thoughts on how portals may impact your healthcare practice.

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Patient Portals In Your Healthcare Practice

Patient portal

Patient Portals Can Reduce Barriers

The use of  a patient portal can reduce barriers for patients to access their own records. Other benefits to patient portals  may include:

  • Increased empowerment to patients who can access their own results in a timely fashion
  • Better communication with patients
  • Fewer access requests (and increased administration efficiencies)
  • Fewer missed appointments (and increased access to care)

How Will Patient Portals Affect Your Healthcare Practice?

Will you tell your patients that they can access some of their lab results themselves directly from MyHealth Records?

Let me know your experiences with patient portals and your questions. I really would like to know your thoughts on how portals may impact your healthcare practice.

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