Portal proving popular

Interior Health: MyHealthPortal gives patients 24-hour access to their health information via smart phone, tablet or computer

Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster (left) signs up for Interior Health's MyHealthPortal at VJH Tuesday with the help of IHA clinical analyst Adam Smith.

Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster (left) signs up for Interior Health's MyHealthPortal at VJH Tuesday with the help of IHA clinical analyst Adam Smith.

Count Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster among the 5,000 or so people that have signed up for Interior Health’s MyHealthPortal.

Foster joined at Vernon Jubilee Hospital Tuesday morning.

The MyHealthPortal gives patients 24-hour access to their health information via their smart phones, tablets or computers through a secure portal from the Interior Health website.

Features include the ability to view Interior Health lab results, diagnostic imaging reports (X-rays, scans and ultrasound), certain appointments, recent hospital visit history and the opportunity to update address and phone number information.

Go the MyHealthPortal page on Interior Health website’s for more information: www.interiorhealth.ca/MyHealthPortal for more information.

Vernon Morning Star