apple labs patient portal

by Peter Smitham 9 min read
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What is the patientportal app?

The PatientPORTAL App connects you, the patient, with your healthcare provider. The App enables you to view upcoming appointments and lab results, as well as send and receive secure messages for yourself and any dependents that you may have for easy communication with your provider.

How can I use the Health app to complement my Portal?

Complement your patient portal. Connecting to the Health app has the potential to drive additional awareness and adoption of your patient portal because authentication through the Health app can be set to use the same patient login credentials as your portal. And this can help your patients discover additional services you offer.

How can you Empower your patients with health records on iPhone?

Empower your patients with Health Records on iPhone. The Health app makes it easier than ever for users to visualize and securely store their health records. Now your patients can aggregate their health records from multiple institutions alongside their patient-generated data, creating a more holistic view of their health.

How can iOS apps improve patient engagement in healthcare?

At home, iOS apps enable patients to stay connected to their care teams between office visits. Healthcare organizations can use off-the-shelf apps or use CareKit to create apps that empower patients to manage their health.

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Why is it important to have medical information on iPhone?

When your patients have their medical information organized into one view right on their iPhone, it can help them better understand their overall health and provide key elements of their medical history when visiting a new doctor.

Why is Connecting to the Health app important?

Connecting to the Health app has the potential to drive additional awareness and adoption of your patient portal and other services you offer because authentication through the Health app uses the same patient login credentials supported by your organization.

What happens when you lock your iPhone?

When a user’s iPhone is locked with a passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID, their health data in the Health app is encrypted on-device. If a user chooses to sync their health data with iCloud, it is encrypted while in transit and at rest.

Why is it important to enable health records on iPhone?

Enabling your patients to get their health records on iPhone can help them more actively participate in their health and help drive overall awareness of your patient portal.

Why is Apple so unique?

Apple is uniquely positioned to help scale adoption because they have both a secure and trusted platform and have adopted the latest industry open standards at a time when the industry is well positioned to respond. Darren Dworkin Chief Information Officer, Cedars-Sinai. Health Records on iPhone puts our patients at the centre of their care.

What is the Health app?

The Health app makes it easier than ever for users to visualize and securely store their health records. Now your patients can aggregate their health records from multiple institutions alongside their patient-generated data, creating a more holistic view of their health.

Does Apple provide health records?

Apple is providing a user the ability to request and download their health records utilizing a direct, encrypted connection between the user’s iPhone and the APIs provided by the health system or clinic.

Why are apps important for hospitals?

Apps on iPhone and iPad allow hospitals to work more efficiently. Clinicians to access health records and data right when they need them. Nurses to ensure better patient safety while administering medication.

How does technology help healthcare providers?

Our technology helps them work effectively within hospitals, connect remotely with patients, and conduct groundbreaking medical research. The result is care that becomes more efficient, more personalized, and ultimately more human.

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