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Wellness at Penn transitioned its electronic health records system to PennChart on January 9th.
Penn Student Health and Counseling services transitioned to PennChart, an integrated electronic health record system, on January 9th.
With the transition to PennChart, powered by Epic, a software system developed for healthcare organizations, University of Pennsylvania students will be able to improve care among Student Health and Counseling, Penn healthcare providers, and outside healthcare providers. This will allow you to make appropriate adjustments. Chief Wellness Officer Benoît Dubé announced the transition in a Jan. 5 email to the Penn community.
“Penn State Student Health Counseling wanted to implement a workflow that would allow for seamless integration so that patients had all their health information in the same place. [and] At the same time regardless of the provider,” Dubé told The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Through the new system, students can send non-emergency messages to healthcare providers, request referrals or prescription renewals, read post-visit notes, schedule appointments, and receive relevant health information such as test results. You will be able to access. Students may also opt-in to participate in research activities at Penn Medicine.
“This creates a more seamless interaction between clinicians and students,” said Mary Kate Coghlan, director of communications for Wellness at Penn.
Dubé said that while there may be a steep learning curve for clinicians at first, PennChart will allow clinicians to “view test results in real time, enable faster treatment recommendations, and improve patient and health care provider outcomes.” It also offers new features such as a powerful messaging system between users. ”
Before moving to PennChart, two different electronic health records were used for student health and counseling: Point and Click and Titanium. These two systems were isolated from each other and did not communicate with external sources.
Dube told Democrats that the move to PennChart is important because two out of three Penn students use Penn health services.
PennChart was launched by Penn Medicine in 2018 as a redesigned EHR that collects patient information from several medical databases and delivers automatic, real-time notifications when patients require specific treatments. PennChart — Penn Medicine's customized version of EPIC's EHR platform — has since been made available to Penn Medicine patients and providers.
Wellness at Penn's move to electronic health records has been discussed for several years, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dubé said. A student can create an online portal account here for him to access PennChart.
