HealthShare® Personal Community
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InterSystems HealthShare Fact Sheet HealthShare Personal Community A Comprehensive, Multi-EMR, Patient Portal Unlike electronic medical record (EMR)-specific patient portals, InterSystems HealthShare Personal Community is central to a community-wide patient engagement strategy. For its data source, Personal Community relies on InterSystems HealthShare Unified Care Record to aggregate information from multiple EMRs, wearables, claims, and other sources into a single, unified care record. This is the same care record used by clinicians, but with a user interface designed for patients. Regardless of how many data sources you have, patients and their designees can access their health information securely with a single, simple user interface on their device of choice. Use cases for Personal Community include: • Meeting patient expectations for consumer-level access to health information • Engaging patients in their own or a family member’s care to improve patient satisfaction and awareness • Achieving and demonstrating relevant Meaningful Use criteria • Unifying multiple patient portals into one for a better patient experience (after a merger or acquisition, for example, or when patients are seen by several non-networked pro

• Improving workflow for staff via patient self-service options • Empowering patients and families with all the information they need for better care decisions and outcomes The Value of Engagement Research shows that engaged and activated patients have higher levels of satisfaction and use fewer resources. Patients who understand their conditions and treatment options make better healthcare decisions and patient record review leads to safer care and improved record quality. Patients and their designees can use any web browser, on any device, to: • Review, download, and manage care records •...

Patient-Contributed Information The Personal Community My Forms section gives users a single location for form access, completion, and tracking. Data from completed forms and uploaded documents, such as advance directives, can be included in the patient’s unified care record for use by care team members and in analytics. Data from home devices such as pulsometers, scales, and blood oxygen readers can also flow into the unified care record. Alerts and Notifications Personal Community delivers alerts and notifications to the patient’s inbox, or to patients and their designees directly, based...

Personalized Education Content Adopters of Personal Community can add local news and events, links to community resources, and relevant patient education materials to the portal, creating a trusted information environment that enhances patient and community relationships with your organization. More than a Service Personal Community is part of the HealthShare suite of connected health solutions and can be delivered as a managed service. Combine Personal Community with HealthShare Unified Care Record, HealthShare Health Insight, HealthShare Patient Index, HealthShare Provider Directory, or...