St. Joe's among first in Canada to offer Health Records on iPhone to patients
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) is pleased to be among the first healthcare organizations in Canada to offer Health Records on iPhone, which brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for patients to see their available medical data from multiple providers whenever they choose.
The Health Records on iPhone feature is part of the Health app, which also shows activity, heart rate, nutrition and other health data consolidated from iPhone, Apple Watch and HealthKit-enabled third-party apps.
The feature is only available to SJHH patients who are currently enrolled in a clinic that is using the hospital’s secure patient portal, MyDovetale.
“By integrating Health Records on iPhone with MyDovetale, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s digital patient portal, we are pleased to provide our patients with an additional platform that they can use to access their health records from our hospital,” says Dr. Dan Perri, Chief Medical Information Officer.
“Patients can collate health information from different medical providers with health data that they collect themselves, and can conveniently show that information to their caregivers and care teams using the Health Records on iPhone feature of the Health app. This, quite literally, puts the patient’s available health records data in their hands and encourages shared and informed clinical decisions.”
SJHH patients can access Health Records on iPhone from within the Health app and can download their health records by selecting St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and authenticating with their MyDovetale patient portal username and password to access health data.
Health Records on iPhone creates a direct connection between medical institutions and a patient’s iPhone, allowing them to see a central view of their allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures and vitals, to help manage and monitor their health.
Apple designed Health Records on iPhone to protect patients’ privacy through a direct, encrypted connection between the user’s iPhone and the healthcare organization. Downloaded health records data is stored on-device and encrypted with the user’s iPhone passcode, Touch ID or Face ID.
Apple worked with the healthcare community to take a consumer-friendly approach, creating Health Records on iPhone based on FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), a standard for transferring electronic medical records.
For more information on Health Records, visit: https://www.apple.com/ca/healthcare/health-records/.
For more information on how Apple protects user privacy when they use Health Records, visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209519.