Louisiana is the primary state to launch statewide entry of Epic’s MyChart Central, which permits sufferers who obtain care from a number of suppliers who use the Epic EHR to have a single portal log-in to entry their medical information, talk with care groups, and handle their care.
Louisiana’s statewide launch follows an preliminary activation of MyChart Central in Madison, Wisc., the place well being programs collaborated on a citywide go-live. Epic stated that later this 12 months the potential will broaden nationwide, permitting sufferers throughout the U.S. to attach their MyChart accounts via one Epic ID.
Epic notes that greater than 2.5 million Louisianans use MyChart to handle their care, entry check outcomes, schedule and verify in for appointments, message their suppliers, request prescription refills, pay payments, and extra. The corporate provides that MyChart Central simplifies the consumer expertise with a single sign-in and a united view throughout organizations.
The Louisiana healthcare organizations utilizing Epic are:
• Baton Rouge Basic
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Woman Well being System
• Lake Charles Memorial Well being System
• LCMC Well being
• North Oaks Well being System
• Ochsner Well being
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital
• Terrebonne Basic Well being System
• Lady’s Hospital
In a press release, Amy Trainor, Ochsner Well being senior vice chairman and chief data officer, stated: “I’m happy with how well being programs throughout Louisiana got here collectively to make our sufferers’ lives simpler. Having the ability to entry your full well being file, regardless of the place you obtain your care, ought to and would be the customary of care—and we’re main the best way. This spirit of collaboration within the launch of MyChart Central is a superb instance of how we are able to enhance the well being and wellness of our communities via partnership and collaboration.”
Epic states that statewide MyChart Central means sufferers can now have:
• One MyChart login. Sufferers can use a single Epic ID to register to MyChart for all Louisiana organizations utilizing Epic—without having to maintain monitor of a number of usernames and passwords.
• Password-free comfort. With help for passkeys and biometrics like face and fingerprint, sufferers can securely register with out remembering passwords.
• Synced profile data. When sufferers transfer or get a brand new telephone quantity, they’ll replace MyChart Central as soon as. Updates sync to the opposite organizations the place they obtain care—saving time and lowering the necessity to fill out repetitive kinds.
• Less complicated patient-driven interoperability. A single Epic ID makes it simpler for sufferers to securely share their medical data with well being apps they select.
