Health and wellness go hand in hand. Things like food, housing status, and safety have more obvious impacts on health, but what about employment? Social connections? Education? Transportation? They all make up an ecosystem of services that have a major impact on public health, and that’s why MyWayfinder connects users with their healthcare patient portals.
This National Public Health Week, we’re highlighting how better health means more access to care management.
On MyWayfinder we’re encouraging users to take control not just of their wellness journeys, but their health journeys as well, with their healthcare provider’s patient portal. Thanks to our partners at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), we’ve added a helpful video to show how to take control of your health.
Organizations can help spread the word on patient portals.
To equip community support navigators, URMC is running the Digital Health Equity Navigation Training (DHENT) project. Community-based organizations (CBOs) join DHENT to learn how to teach their clients to make the most of patient portals like MyChart and MyCare.
Tanisha Gamble-Snead, LMSW, DHENT’s Project Manager and Senior Project Manager at URMC’s Health Equity Program Support Office (HEPSO), noted the importance of health education at every age. “Witnessing the cross-generational education has been a win!” she said of her experience facilitating trainings. “Watching generations engage and educate around a common topic is beautiful.”
CBOs can sign up for DHENT and help their clients manage their healthcare by signing up below:
Together patient portals and MyWayfinder empower people to chart their own health and wellness journeys.
At TogetherNow we believe breaking down barriers to technology is a vital step towards improving public health. When individuals and families are engaged with their own care, we see better outcomes. And integrated care works best when it centers dignity, autonomy, and empowerment.
MyWayfinder users can click straight to their patient portal from Popular Services on the homepage.
