patient portal west park

How do I create an account at West Park Hospital?

You begin your registration process at our West Park Hospital campus—be sure to provide a personal email address to use for the account at Registration/Patient Access. From there, patients can self-enroll online or stop at Health Information Management to create the account. Enter the following information as it was given at registration:

What is the patient portal?

Cody Regional Health’s Patient Portal offers patients quick and private 24-hour access to their inpatient hospital personal health information. It is designed to give you a more active role in managing your health care. From any device with internet access, you can view your medical records on this secure, password-protected website.

How do I sign up for a portal for hospital visits?

Most locations have two different portals: one is for your hospital visit information, and the other contains information from office visits with your doctor. Follow these steps to sign up: To sign up for a portal for your hospital visits, go to any registration desk in your local Ascension hospital.

What if I’m having issues logging into my Patient Portal?

If you’re having issues locating your patient portal, the portal locator will help you find it. If you’re having issues logging into your patient portal, please contact your medical provider’s office for support.

How do I make a patient portal account?

Create a New AccountOn the Account credentials page, under Set up account, do the following: In Username, type your username. ... Click Next. ... Under Set up security questions, select all five security questions and type the answers. ... Click Submit. ... On the Google Authenticator page, do one of the following:

What is a patient portal app?

Patient portal apps typically allow patients to share their health records with providers, enabling them to gain a longitudinal view of their patient's health history. Like Epic's MyChart, some apps even allow patients to provide temporary access to their medical records via a code.

What is FollowMyHealth portal?

FollowMyHealth is an online tool that gives you anywhere, anytime access to your personal health records. This allows you to take a proactive role in managing your care. Many healthcare providers and physicians use FollowMyHealth as their main engagement platform.

What should be included in a patient portal?

A robust patient portal should include the following features:Clinical summaries.Secure (HIPAA-compliant) messaging.Online bill pay.New patient registration.Ability to update demographic information.Prescription renewals and contact lens ordering.Appointment requests.Appointment reminders.More items...

Why do patients not use patient portals?

This is due to a lack of internet access. According to the AMA, 25% of people don't use a patient portal because they don't have internet access. Over one in six people in poverty don't have internet access. Lower-income people in rural areas face even more limitations.

What can a patient do on a patient portal?

Some patient portals also allow you to: Securely message your doctor. Request prescription refills. Schedule non-urgent appointments....Using a secure username and password, patients can view health information such as:Recent doctor visits.Discharge summaries.Medications.Immunizations.Allergies.Lab results.

Is FollowMyHealth the same as MyChart?

Reviewers felt that MyChart meets the needs of their business better than FollowMyHealth. When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that MyChart is the preferred option. For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of MyChart over FollowMyHealth.

Who uses FollowMyHealth?

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How do I activate my FollowMyHealth account?

Step 1: Go to https://www.followmyhealth.com (link will open in a new tab or window). Step 2: Click the “I need to sign up” button (circled in red in the image below). Step 3: Fill in the appropriate information seen in the next image below. Then select “Confirm and Continue” at the bottom of the page.

What information is excluded from patient portals?

However, it also had to exclude behavioral health, protected minor visits, research records, business records, and other sensitive record content. The portal automatically downloads or excludes documents based on type or provider, says Meadows, who helped solidify a process for integrating the portal with the EHR.

Is a patient portal the same as a personal health record?

Patient portals are distinct from PHRs because they are tethered to the clinician-facing EHR. Most EHR vendors sell patient portals as a part of the overall software suite, and patient portals came to prominence as a part of meaningful use requirements.

How secure are patient portals?

Without proper encryption methods, login redundancies and detection tools, portals are almost as easily accessible to hackers as they are to authorized users. As their usage grows, that lack of security will become an exponentially greater threat to patients' PHI and identities.

Can patient portals be hacked?

Health outcomes improve. Unfortunately, what makes your patient portal valuable for patients is exactly what makes it attractive to cybercriminals. It's a one-stop shop for entire health records, and identity thieves can make a fast buck from stealing this data and selling it on.

Why is patient portal important in healthcare?

The Benefits of a Patient Portal You can access all of your personal health information from all of your providers in one place. If you have a team of providers, or see specialists regularly, they can all post results and reminders in a portal. Providers can see what other treatments and advice you are getting.

What information is excluded from a patient portal?

Business Records: Business records are typically excluded from the legal health record because they are not related to actual care. Like research records, they are available to providers in the EHR but are not released beyond point of care access.

What percentage of patients use patient portals?

Nearly 40 percent of individuals nationwide accessed a patient portal in 2020 – this represents a 13 percentage point increase since 2014.

Where is health information stored?

All health data is stored on a secure server and managed with the protection of your information in mind. Only you—and those you authorize—will be able to see or gain access to the information in the portal.

Is West Park Hospital registration free?

Registration is quick, easy, and free. You begin your registration process at our West Park Hospital campus—be sure to provide a personal email address to use for the account at Registration/Patient Access. From there, patients can self-enroll online or stop at Health Information Management to create the account.

Patient Portal

We’re committed to providing you with personalized, compassionate care and access to your medical records online. Here you’ll find information on how to access your Ascension patient portal for either hospital or doctor office visits.

Signing up for your patient portal

Most locations have two different portals: one is for your hospital visit information, and the other contains information from office visits with your doctor. Follow these steps to sign up:

Frequently asked questions

Can anyone sign up for access to their patient portal? You must be 13 years of age or older to sign up for a patient portal.

What to do if you have issues logging into your patient portal?

If you’re having issues logging into your patient portal, please contact your medical provider’s office for support.

Can you use a portal locator on a patient portal?

Yes. Using the portal locator doesn’t affect your ability to use other URLs to log in to your patient portal.