Holyoke Medical Center Unveils the ‘HMC Patient Portal’

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center has unveiled the HMC Patient Portal, currently available to all patients. This secure, interactive web portal will allow patients to access their own health information from the privacy of their own home.

The HMC Patient Portal allows patients instant access to their hospital health information, including laboratory results and radiology reports, medications, allergies, demographic information, visit history, discharge/aftercare information, and more. This will enable patients to become partners with their primary-care physician. In addition to managing their own care, parents of minors and healthcare proxies with authorized consent will have the ability to access information for those for whom they provide care.

Additional benefits of the portal include requesting and tracking appointments, updating demographic information, and e-mail notifications alerting users to any new activity, such as laboratory test results, appointments, or physician reports.

Anyone interested in enrolling in the HMC Patient Portal should visit www.holyokehealth.com for details. Holyoke Medical Center encourages all of its patients to enroll, as it presents a valuable opportunity to become proactive in one’s own healthcare. However, the service is not intended for self-diagnosis or self-medical management, and patients should always contact their primary-care physician with questions.

For additional information about the HMC Patient Portal, visit the website or contact the HMC Health Information Management Office at (413) 534-2528.