hershey college of medicine patient portal

What happens if I need to go to Hershey Medical Center?

Your illness or injury may require admission to Hershey Medical Center. A staff member will transport you to an available bed. If your condition requires treatment that is not available at Hershey Medical Center, you will be transferred to an appropriate health care facility. What happens when I am discharged?

What is it a patient portal?

It is a convenient, secure website that makes it easy to communicate with your physicians, pay bills, and make appointments. Which Patient Portal Should I Use? A patient will use this portal, if you have been hospitalized at Hampden Medical Center, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center or St. Joseph Medical Center.

What is the patient portal for Penn State health medical groups?

Patients of All About Children will use Your Health File as their patient portal. Patients of Berks Cardiology will use Follow My Health as their patient portal. Patients of Penn State Health Medical Group – Pulmonary (PCCMA) will use healow as their patient portal.

How to contact Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center?

Patient Records Call 800-233-4082 We know your work as a physician doesn’t end when you refer a patient to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. We’ve made it simple for you to access your patients’ medical records, so you can continue to offer the best possible care.

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How to create a Hershey account?

You can create your account online using the Self-Enroll process. Or you may sign up with the office staff during any visit to the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center or one of our Medical Group locations.

How to join the Health Portal?

If you registered during your office visit, you should receive an email "invitation" to join the health portal. The link in this email message will take you to your registration information. If you do not see the message in your email inbox, you may want to check the junk or spam folder to see if it is there.

What is Penn State Health?

My Penn State Health is a convenient, secure website that makes it easy to communicate with your physicians, pay bills, and make appointments. Learn how to sign up and use this service to manage your health care records.

Can parents get a copy of medical records from Penn State?

As always, parents and guardians can contact their family physician to discuss their child's medical situation, and can contact Penn State Hershey Medical Records office to obtain paper copies of medical records by providing proper identification.

When can a child access their medical records?

On the child's 18th birthday , parental or guardian access to online medical records will be terminated. The child will be able to initiate their own account for access to their electronic health record during their next office visit. Federal HIPAA law requires privacy of health records at age 18.

When is consent required for a patient?

parents of patients up to age 14 - consent from the child is required after their 14th birthday if they do not wish to have their own account, but provide the parents with access. See next question for details.

Can Penn State Hershey's electronic medical record be accessed?

As we expand use of our electronic medical record system to all of our outpatient practices, more of your records will be available to you electronically. If you have been an inpatient or Emergency Department patient at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, those records will be available to you online. Currently, My Health shows only selected parts of your medical record. Remember that your personal Penn State Hershey care providers can discuss any medical issues with you, including those not currently accessible in My Health.

What is Penn State Health?

My Penn State Health is a secure website where you can schedule appointments, email your health care provider, check test results, refill prescriptions and pay your bill.

What are discharged home patients given?

Patients who are discharged home are given complete after-care instructions and prescriptions, as needed.

Is Penn State Health allowing family support?

Penn State Health is committed to the safety of patients, staff, visitors and the general public. We are currently only permitting family/support persons to accompany patients within our facilities. One family/support person is permitted per adult inpatient visit per day. Two parents/guardians are permitted per pediatric inpatient visit per day. Per the visitation restriction policy, no visitors, aside from patient-designated family/support persons, are allowed at this time. View additional visitation information.