Patient engagement is vital in today’s healthcare journey. Several Epic community members offer Epic MyChart Bedside on tablets to help patients connect with their care team members and feel empowered.
What is Epic MyChart Bedside?
The MyChart Bedside app on personal tablets is a patient engagement platform in the hands of the patient. Through the robust MyChart Bedside patients can have seamless and real-time access to lab results, medications, and treatment plans. Patients through MyChart can access vital information related to vital signs, reasons for stay in the hospital and even health education videos that give information about a patient’s condition and treatment.
The Bedside has even more to offer than just viewing medical information. Patients from the comfort of their hospital beds can order meals, play games, listen to music, and communicate with their nursing staff.
Benefits of using MyChart Bedside?
MyChart Bedside tablet offers control over care to patients admitted to the hospital facility. By logging into the MyChart app patients can view their updated chart information. The medical information available through MyChart keeps patients involved throughout their care journey at the hospital. This helps to keep patients engaged and satisfied which is important to enhance patient outcome levels.
Patients can easily send messages to care team members if they are confused about their condition and are in pain, this helps to improve care by letting the medical team know about relevant concerns.
How some Epic community members are using MyChart Bedside?
Epic community members like NYU Langone Health and UC San Diego Health have added large monitor screens in patient rooms to show what is on the personal tablet. The larger screen is helpful to view educational videos or have better access to entertainment. The large screens help physicians to show a bigger view of imaging results when talking about patient diagnosis and treatment process.
The Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati, Ohio is also leveraging the Epic MyChart Bedside to offer convenience, engagement options, and transparency to patients. Throughout the hospital tablets with MyChart are set up so patients can easily receive care updates and complete education when they can without waiting when the care team has time. The real-time information available to patients allows them to have informed conversations with their providers and also saves time for nurses and care teams. As of now, more than 50% of patients admitted to Christ Hospital Health Network use MyChart Bedside. Patients during their hospital stay feel involved in their care process by viewing clinical information and messaging their providers easily.
Patient engagement tools
Many hospitals have deployed Patient Engagement EMR Software and other engagement tools such as online scheduling to keep patients empowered and enhance patient satisfaction scores. MyChart Bedside is a patient engagement platform in the palms of a patient constrained on the hospital bed offering flexibility to communicate with care team members and have access to entertainment for a relaxed hospital stay.
