Your Personal Health Record or MyWellport
Description of Your Personal Health Record or MyWellport
An important feature of Wellport is a service called MyWellport which is another name for Your Person Health Record. The names MyWellport and Your Personal Health Record are used interchangeably.
Sometime after choosing to participate in Wellport, you, the patient, will be able to store and have direct access to important information from your medical records over the internet from any computer using the MyWellport link.
At your request, some key health information from your electronic health record will be used to create a summary of your health information. This list is called a shared health summary. Your shared health summary can be accessed by physicians and other clinicians who are participating in Wellport so that they can better coordinate your care. When your personal health record or MyWellport is activated, you too will have access to this important information.
What MyWellport will do for you
By using MyWellport, you will be able to access key information about your health over the internet from any computer. As features are added, it is expected that you will be able to do many of the following using MyWellport:
- View your shared health summary
- Review relevant, up-to-date health information and care instructions
- Access test results and imaging reports (such as lab results and x-ray reports)
- Receive health reminders for routine tests and check-ups
- Refill prescriptions and request prescription renewals
- Communicate with selected physicians and staff using secure messaging
- Request or cancel an appointment with a participating physician’s office
- Access billing information and pay bills
- Request referrals, forms, or documents
- Update your name, address, or insurance information
- Print a copy of your health information to take with you to a physician not participating in Wellport
- View health information for your children, elderly parents, or other family members in your care
How You Can Protect Your Information on MyWellport
- Be careful with your password. Just as when you bank on the internet, you must not share your password with anyone. Do not write it down where someone else might see it.
- Be careful when using MyWellport on a computer that does not belong to you. Be aware, for instance, that anything that appears on your employer’s computer belongs to your employer.
- Do not save any of your health information on a computer that does not belong to you.
- Be sure to close the internet browser when you are finished viewing your health information.
How We Safeguard your information on MyWellport
The information on MyWellport is encrypted (scrambled) and can only be accessed with unique user names and passwords.
Using MyWellport to care for others
Using MyWellport, you may access information about people you are authorized to care for (such as elderly parents) with their permission.