I don’t want to hijack the thread that Mychart was mentioned on, so I’m asking here.
On that thread, multiple people suggested checking a person’s Mychart and that all their docs would be linked there. Is that true for most people? Definitely not my experience.
My PCP and cardiologist belong to different hospital systems but I was able to link their Mycharts.
My gyn and urologist are on the same hospital system with its own portal so I can see both there.
My gastro and derm docs belong to large practice specific portals so that’s two more separate logins.
So that’s four different medical portals with no more than two docs at all linked in any one.
Maybe. I have a PPO. But whenever H or I have contacted a new doc, they ask what insurance we have. I say Aetna, and they don’t ask which kind. They either take it or not (almost all do.)
My experience too. I’ve been able to link the 2 large hospital systems I’ve worked with but the derm has their own portal as do other specialists and PCP and I can’t be bothered to set up accounts at all of them.
I have an HMO and all my various providers (and I have a bunch due to cancer treatment - surgeon, oncologist, radiation oncologist, cardiologist, etc) have all been on MyChart because they are part of the same HMO network, even through they work in different facilities. But this is just speculation.
With an HMO, perhaps it is more likely that providers would be part of the same organization?
I don’t think that would work this way in my area. Not sure HMOs could run a portal unless it was attached to just one of the many hospital systems in the area but that would really limit what doctors one could see as there are so many overlapping systems here. Which I guess might be true and I just luckilly don’t have to deal with that.
I can switch between two instances of MyChart with the same login.
My gastro and derm are not affiliated with either health system and they have completely different, non-MyChart, record systems.
I have three medical portals - my pcp uses patient fusion, the hospital system where I get my tests done has there own portal, and then my dermatologist uses yet another. I wish they were all in one! Not one is on MyChart (which is what my old PCP used).
My PCP and Gyn were part of two different practice groups. They could not see records for the other. Then my gyn got hospital privileges at the hospital associated with PCP’’ practice. She could then see mychart at my PCP’’s. But all uploads still went to her practices chart and remained invisible to my PCP.
Last year, the Gyn’s practice group was acquired by the PCP’’s practice group. I have not figured out how to see the gyn’s records in my chart.
My endocrinologist is in yet a different group. My PCP has NO idea what happens there - relies fully on my say-so.
I use the same (ppo) insurance at all of them, so that is not what drives the linkage!
I have several portals, although with the way hospital systems are merging around here, I’ll probably be on just MyChart eventually for hospital-affiliated doctors. My PCP has her own portal, my dermatologist and urologist each have portals linked to their large practice groups - none of these doctors are linked to a single hospital system.
My D works in the medical records/electronic systems space. She has one personal doctor who uses a particular portal that drives her nuts … she so wants to fix what doesn’t work!
If it is Kaiser (or something similarly organized where the provider organization and the insurance organization are closely coupled), then yes. But a network HMO may include providers whose EHR systems are not connected to each other.
No doctor’s office in town that I know of is on an electronic system. The local hospital has a strange one that is very limited in what you can see and do.
I love mychart. Our orthopedist, colonoscopy doctor and H’s cancer doctor/hospital are all on it. Obviously all are out of town, and two are in a different state. I love with H’s cancer stuff, I can see all the bloodwork anyone has done for him and see the pretty graphs.
My doctor uses Quest labs, and I’m able to see all results and graphs. She used to use a hospital affiliated lab, so my older results are in that EMR. Even though I have to look things up on different systems, I do appreciate the ability to be able to view my history.
We have providers from multiple medical systems and are PPO and medicare. I’ve granted permission for the providers at each of the different systems (all using EPIC) can see records and test results of the others and it works pretty well. These are 2 systems in HI and one in CA. I also saw an MD in NYC (only once), but unfortunately they don’t share medical info with EPIC, nor does National Jewish.
D sees MDs at Stanford, USC, UCLA & HI. I’m not sure if any of them communicate or share online info. Will ask D.
H is switching from one of his mds who is not on EPIC because it’s hard for his other providers to see the blood test results. He only sees that doc once every 6 months & gets blood tests there. He has an oncologist who has a different patient portal that we can’t get on but we really like the oncologist and are sticking with him. Haven’t been able to get on portal for months!
For us, the lab work is in our electronic health record IF the provider ordering it IS using MyChart/EPIC. If not, it doesn’t go there and you need to set up a portal with the lab which did the test.
It seems in my area if you use a Dr in one of the three main healthcare companies in my area they all use MyChart. The blood lab is owned by the hospital so they also appear on MyChart. Mine are linked that any provider in any of those three systems can see your records. Doctors in private practice and the radiology group use different portals.
My father-in-law was able to give permission for my husband to have access to his MyChart. My husband gets a message when his dad has new test results or messages.
Two hospitals my DH had care in use epic, and we were able to combine/link those records. My pcp is in one system and gyn in another and we cannot link them.