A lot more than 200,000 individuals in the Island Health area are encountering the rewards of having quick, easy entry to their individual overall health information and information and facts as a result of the MyHealth client portal.
When Shirley Christensen returned residence from Saanich Peninsula Hospital (SPH) adhering to treatment for double pneumonia, she was equipped to review some of her private wellness data on her MyHealth affected individual portal account.
Christensen, 68, is a single of 217,000 residents in the Island Well being region now enrolled in MyHealth. MyHealth permitted her to see final results for X-rays, CT scans and bloodwork purchased although receiving treatment from numerous employees and hospitalists. Her curiosity in studying far more about her hospital visit was piqued by the simple fact she did not present with any of the usual indicators for pneumonia or for the urinary tract an infection she was also identified with throughout her keep at SPH.
“It was pleasant to arrive household and be able to check out it all out and see in which I was at,” Christensen reported.
A prolonged-time Victoria resident retired from a 26-year occupation with the BC Cancer Company, Christensen was already employing MyHealth following signing up for the system on the assistance of staff members at the SPH Lab, exactly where she receives common bloodwork performed. She checks outcomes from repeated assessments linked to her heart wellness ahead of reviewing them with her relatives health practitioner, as well as benefits pursuing mammograms.
Close to a quarter of eligible citizens in the Island Health and fitness location have now signed up for MyHealth, a safe on the web web-site released in 2019 to offer sufferers and households practical, 24/7 obtain to personalized well being info on treatment and services delivered to them by Island