Yes, i do. the specialists are with Yale New Haven, the other 2 are in another group but they are all on My Chart so its very simple re medications, doctors communicating with one another re treatment, etc.

Mine aren't all on the same system but I'm being told that everything I've had done lately is shared with my PCP. I've not yet had a visit to confirm this.

Just because the records are there it does not mean that your doctor/s will look at them. There is also the thing that not all doctors are in the same system.

I am able to link my EHR between the 2 major hospital systems in my area so that i can see all my records on each app. This includes tests, procedures and office visits for any provider in one of those systems Is that an option for you?

However, when I use an independent provider then I can only see the records from that provider in their patient portal I agree that it would be very helpful to see all my info in one place

My doctors are all in the same system and use MyChart. I know they look at each other's notes and such, because one of them indicated she knew I didn't need lab work because Dr. so-and-so had already ordered it.

Ours seem to be using or transitioning to Connect.

Yes. All of my doctors are in the UCLA system, and my Medicare supplementary insurance SCAN requires that I stay within that system in order to receive benefits. Since it is a huge system, that is not a problem for me, except that it does not extend to Palm Springs.

My brother is on the Cedars-Sinai system, since he has completely different insurance through his work at Sony.

Yes, I am with UPMC and my portal has every blood result, every procedure, and every detail all with one click of my mouse. My blood work comes to my portal the same day I give it.

We use faculty doctors at the clinics of a medical school. In these clinics, for other than primary care (for which we're seen by clinical faculty too), we're often seen concurrently by residents or fellows as well as the "attending" doc who's the faculty member, something that I actually like. This group also has affiliated physicians in the area who are in the group practice but not on faculty, we don't use any of them. By choice.

I've experienced multiple times when seeing a new doc for a particular matter that they had obviously consulted my records, because they've asked questions about things in my past.

About 18 months ago, I had occasion to go to urgent care at a large group practice (that includes some hospitals) nearly 500 miles from home, that is completely unaffiliated with my home-base medical school. For a not serious but annoying medical matter.. I was seen by one of the urgent care docs about 15 minutes after arrival and I guess one of the papers I signed when checking in gave them access to my medical records at the med school practice. I knew this because I was asked questions by the urgent care doc about matters that he'd have only known from my records.

The next time I saw my primary care doc, she asked me how things were going relative to the matter I'd been to urgent care about some months earlier. I hadn't mentioned it. So apparently the info exchange was a two way one and, of course, she'd reviewed my records before walking into the exam room to see me.

Maifleur, if you have doctors who aren't reading your medical records, you should find better ones who do. This is a pretty basic step for a medical appointment/consultation.

Epic may make staying within one system unnecessary. 40% of Americans are already within the Epic system.

https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/Epic-Systems-Corp

My provider group (and another I know in the area) both have a patient portal described as My Health. I don't know if that's part of what you're describing or not.

Not the same. It's unlikely you, as a patient, would know your physician is using it. Ironic, but My Health is the system my University Hospital uses for their portal. So, maybe yours uses Epic

I don't have enough doctors (or need for doctors at this time, thankfully), to base my choice on what system they use. My main doctor uses MyChart, and the specialist he sent me to also uses MyChart. I like the quick access to reports and they sure make it easy to pay them. I also use LabCorp for recurring bloodwork -- super easy to schedule an appointment, get the lab report, and pay on line. I'm all for it.

I purposely chose Dr.’s in the same system - Cleveland Clinic (uses MyChart.)

I would love to use Mychart, but, it doesn’t recognize my user name or password. I have changed both of them with no success. Several of my doctors have tried to log in on my phone with no success.

"My provider group (and another I know in the area) both have a patient portal described as My Health. I don't know if that's part of what you're describing or not."

"My provider group (and another I know in the area) both have a patient portal described as My Health. I don't know if that's part of what you're describing or not."

"Not the same. It's unlikely you, as a patient, would know your physician is using it. Ironic, but My Health is the system my University Hospital uses for their portal. So, maybe yours uses Epic"

For us, My Health and Epic are one and the same. When we go to log into our My Health Online account, this is the page we get:

And once logged in, you see this in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. It's small, but it clearly says MyChart by Epic:

Epic keeps the charts, completed by the healthcare providers. My Health (or My Chart) is the access point used by patients.

Not the same thing. They communicate with each other though.

My provider group just added MyHealth as their new patient system. At this point I have no experience with the system. With our current insurance we have no choice but to stay within the same provider group for our care, unless we are referred out. Thankfully we have excellent physicians within our network. However, our St Joseph in Orange County provider network, recently joined the Providence system. I have heard mixed reviews of this new alliance, but I have not been to the doctor since the change so I really do not know what to expect.

No, but when I have any kind of procedure, all my results get sent to my primary care provider.

"Epic keeps the charts, completed by the healthcare providers. My Health (or My Chart) is the access point used by patients.

"Not the same thing. They communicate with each other though."

They are two halves of one thing. An apple's "flesh" and an apple's core are not the same thing, but they are both parts of the apple.

"For us, My Health and Epic are one and the same. When we go to log into our My Health Online account, this is the page we get:"

"They are two halves of one thing. An apple's "flesh" and an apple's core are not the same thing, but they are both parts of the apple."

No. If I understand what rob is saying, the most common topology of complex information systems these days are open source. Products from Company A can be set up to work with products from Companies B through P. The task of doing so is called System integration, System implementation, and can take a very long time because all the customer desired customizations, interconnects and types of transactions are numerous.

In the early days of complex integrated system, the terms used were Client software and Server software. The client software was the user interface. The server software did the back room work that the client software connected to. From Rob's description, Epic is the software that does the work and either My Health or My Chart are the Client software types that can work with Epic, that provide users interface with. Setting up complex systems can take years.

Again, if I have the relationship right, Epic and My Health are not the same thing. They're both modules of a complex, integrated information system your provider uses that are interoperable and do different things. .

Likely under Epic is also a database system. Common types are Oracle and or sometimes on a smaller scale one of the SQL flavors. There are others. Complex systems often have dozen and dozens of external and different Client (or User Interface) software systems that can interact and have transactions with the innards at the same time. And dozens of database instances that themselves interact with one another, all of which needs to be set up.

The apple example isn't a good parallel. Think instead of a meatball that has connections other things can latch on to. You can attached a banana peel from Chiquita, or a walnut shell from Diamond Walnuts, or any one of a number of things. Or, several at the same time. Each of the external things knows what connections the meatball has and themselves have complementary connections that can be set up to attach to them.