piedmont columbus patient portal

What is the new Piedmont Health Portal?

This Piedmont Health Portal is now available to all Piedmont Health patients. The SECURE website lets you: • And more! In the next few months, we will be providing additional features to make communications and information easier to help you manage your health with your Care Team.

Who is Piedmont Columbus Regional Healthcare?

Founded in 1836, Piedmont Columbus Regional is a leading healthcare provider in west Georgia serving the Columbus, Ga. area with a network of health and medical services through its two hospital campuses. Piedmont Columbus Regional joined the Piedmont system on March 1, 2018.

What can I do as a Piedmont health patient?

As a Piedmont Health patient, you can have access to your own medical history. This Piedmont Health Portal is now available to all Piedmont Health patients. The SECURE website lets you:

What is Piedmont link?

What Is Piedmont Link? Piedmont Link (also referred to as EpicCare Link or P-Link) is an Epic web-based application that connects you to Piedmont Healthcare’s Electronic Health Record, allowing better continuity of care for your patients.

What is the Piedmont Columbus Regional?

Piedmont Columbus Regional's policy is to respect the individuality and dignity of all patients and to honor, in accordance with law, an adult patient’s right to make informed decisions regarding treatment to include participation in end of life decisions. This includes an adult patient’s right to consent to, refuse, or alter treatment plans and the right to formulate advance directives which will govern, if you become incapacitated.

What is an advance directive in Piedmont Columbus?

Advance directives are documents written in advance of serious illness which state patient choices about medical treatment or name someone to make those choices for patients if they are unable to do so. The Patient Self Determination Act (effective Dec. 1, 1991) mandates that all health care institutions provide adult patients with written information about their rights to make decisions concerning their medical care. Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Patient Bill of Rights, Patient Responsibilities and Georgia Advance Directive Healthcare form are included in the Patient Care Information that is given to patients on admission for their convenience and information. This in no way indicates that Piedmont Columbus Regional requires or requests a patient to execute an Advance Directive. The execution and possession of an Advance Directive is a completely personal choice. The decision is the patient's.

What is the Patient Self Determination Act?

1, 1991) mandates that all health care institutions provide adult patients with written information about their rights to make decisions concerning their medical care. Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Patient Bill of Rights, Patient Responsibilities and Georgia Advance Directive Healthcare form are ...

What are the rights of patients?

Patients have the right to freedom from abuse, neglect, exploitation or harassment. Patients have the right to care in a safe setting.

What is the responsibility of a patient?

Patients have the responsibility to provide, to the best of their knowledge, accurate and complete information about one's present complaints, past illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, and other matters relating to one's health.

Do patients have the right to privacy?

Patients have the right to privacy regarding information necessary for medical care and regarding the privacy of one's body. Patients have the right to expect all communications and records pertaining to one's care to be treated as confidential, and the right to access one's medical record in accordance with state law.

Welcome to My Health Rec, Our Patient Portal

My Health Rec is a great way to view, download and transmit your up-to-date health information, all from the convenience and privacy of your own home, or anywhere Internet access is available — 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

How to Get Started

Get started today by enrolling in My Health Rec at your next inpatient visit. You can also set up your own patient portal account by using our self-enrollment tool.