Use MyChart Bedside | Patient Resources (2024)

FAQs

How to get proxy access on MyChart? ›

For Proxy access to an adult account

Select Friends and family access Click on Invite someone. Fill out all fields to send someone an invitation to receive proxy access to your account. Read and agree to the terms and conditions and click on the checkbox and click on send the invites.

Yes. MyChart is a secure online account, which means your health information is safe and protected. MyChart access is permitted only to authorized users who have been verified through an activation process. MyChart users have a unique username and password that is known only to them.

Note: MyChart is an Epic branded name. Your organization may use a different name for their patient portal. Access the application on your personal device. Carefully review the app's terms and conditions.

Patients that struggle with tech have a hard time with things like Pre-Checkin. Not customizable. Very hard to customize the solution to our organization's needs while ensuring upgrades are still possible. Not able to use facial recognition to log in as a patient/user.

Multiple members of your care team may view MyChart messages in order to get an appropriate and efficient response; this may include nurses or advance practice clinicians other than your primary care provider (PCP).

Records are updated automatically between healthcare providers through our secure network Care Everywhere. Your doctor sees your information from other healthcare organizations right within your medical record.

Proxy access allows you access to view and manage someone else's medical records within your MyChart account. This is a great way for parents to keep track of their children's health information. Parents with more than one child can link all of their children's MyChart accounts to their own through proxy access.

Here's how to sign the person up for proxy access in Epic:

With the child's chart open, select the Epic button > Tools > MyChart Utilities > Proxy Access. Select the child at the bottom of the Patient Lookup window. Anyone who currently has access to the child's information appears in the Proxies section.

If I have access to view my own medical record electronically is that considered a HIPAA violation? A. No. It is NOT a HIPAA violation to view your own medical record.

Who owns MyChart? ›

MyChart by Epic

Founded in a basem*nt in 1979 with 1 ½ employees, Epic develops software to help people get well, help people stay well, and help future generations be healthier. There are over 305 million patient charts in Epic, representing patients from all 50 states and over a dozen countries.

Some potential disadvantages of patient portals include:

Disparities in age, technological literacy, and internet access can make use of patient portals intimidating or unattractive to some patients.

Epic is an electronic health records system for hospitals and large practices. The Epic charting system includes features such as medical templates, patient history, and referrals so that healthcare providers can deliver the best patient care.

MyChart is EPIC's patient portal. MyChart is a secure means for patients to access parts of their health records through a web browser and cell-phone apps.

Epic Systems is one of the largest providers of health information technology, used primarily by large U.S. hospitals and health systems to access, organize, store and share electronic medical records.

Hospital Account Record is used to group charges for billing purposes. Each HAR is associated with one or more patient visits in Epic.