The Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Sutter Health, of which PAMF is an affiliate, have introduced a free app for patients to access their personal medical records on-the-go – becoming the first health system in California to offer “MyChart for the iPhone.”
The MyChart app, powered by Epic, provides a Sutter Health network patient instant access to his or her electronic health record directly from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. At their fingertips, patients can now access much of the same convenient and personalized tools found through My Health Online, including:
- Send a secure message to your doctor
- Check most lab and test results
- View appointments
- Receive health reminders
- Access a health summary
“As our patients embark on a new year of wellness goals, we’re proud to be their partner in health and introduce ways to help them manage their personal health,” said Albert S. Chan, M.D., M.S., medical director of My Health Online and a family medicine physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. ”Through the My Chart app, we’re giving patients the tools they need right at their fingertips. Access to the MyChart app complements a variety of unique patient needs and lifestyles. With the ability to view personal health data and connect a patient with his or her health care provider – where and when they need to – we’re putting a patient’s health record in the palms of his or her hands.”
The app, called MyChart for the iPhone by Epic, gives patients access to a subset of My Health Online’s features including:
- Test results
- Secure e-messaging
- Upcoming appointments
- Health advisories or health maintenance information
- Personal health summary (active medications, immunizations, allergies and a problem list)
The app can be used on all mobile Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
My Health Online is available to patients of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties), Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties), Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation (San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and Lake Counties), Sutter Gould Medical Foundation (Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Merced Counties), and Sutter Medical Foundation (Amador, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties).
FAQs About MyChart App.
How to Get Started with the New MyChart App for My Health Online Users. (Note: You must have an existing username and password for My Health Online to use MyChart for the iPhone.)
