Stanford Health Care today announced its new iOS 8 MyHealth mobile health app for patients. Developed in-house by Stanford Health Care (SHC) engineers, MyHealth connects directly with Epic’s EHR, Apple’s HealthKit and cloud services for consumer health data monitoring.
The SHC MyHealth mobile app is designed to make it quick and simple for patients to manage their care right from their iPhones, including:
• Make appointments
• Get test results – your lab results are automatically made available in the palm of your hand
• Communicate with your care team through a secure messaging system where your information is always kept confidential
• Have a video visit with your doctor through the new ClickWell Care clinic which gives you the convenient option of a “virtual” appointment
• Manage your prescriptions and medications
• View your health summary
• Access and pay your bills
• Share your vitals with your doctor via HealthKit integration
Secure Messaging
With the new MyHealth app, patients can communicate directly with their care team through a confidential and secure messaging system. In addition, the app automatically syncs with wearable and wireless products, allowing patients to take vital signs at home or on the go. That data is automatically and securely added to the patient’s chart in Epic for their physician to review remotely.
“The SHC MyHealth app allows patients to connect their lives with their health care,” said Pravene Nath, MD, Chief Information Officer, Stanford Health Care. “By integrating with companies like Withings, our physicians have access to meaningful patient data right in Epic, without having to ask the patient come in for an appointment. We believe this is the future of how care will be delivered for many types of chronic conditions.”
The free SHC MyHealth app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store. It is available for current Stanford Health Care patients with a MyHealth account. Existing SHC patients that do not have a MyHealth account can sign up at myhealth.stanfordhealthcare.org.
App screenshots courtesy of Stanford Health Care
