Comprehensive cancer care at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
EMR (Electronic Medical Records):
- Kaiser Permanente was one of the first in 2003 to implement EMR
- Benefits of EMR for the patient- no more risk of lost paper records:
- Access your own medical care through “Health Manager
- Obtain your own Electronic portable medical record before traveling abroad
Benefits of EMR for the patient- no more risk of lost paper records:
- Health Connect eliminates the need for patients to collect and deliver various medical records and images to the different specialties involved in their clinical care.
- clinicians are able to see any x-ray results and the actual images that they can review with you in their office, that were obtained anywhere within Kaiser Permanente Northern California
- clinicians are able to see medical encounters that were obtained anywhere within Kaiser Permanente Northern California, in order to facilitate better communication for your optimal care.
- all laboratory, x-ray, and referrals can be ordered online by the clinician- no more lost paper requests
- all laboratory and x-ray results are sent directly to the clinician online- no more lost paper results
Access your own medical care through “My Health Manager”:
- E-mail your doctor
- Review test results
- Schedule appointments
- Refill prescriptions- check status of prescriptions, refill for yourself or another family member, review list of covered drugs
- View past visits
- Medical records: See test results, immunization, act for a family member
Obtain your own Electronic portable medical record before traveling abroad:
You may request a flash drive from the Patient Records department, and it usually takes only a few minutes to program and obtain the drive. A small fee is charged for this service. The drive contains the following information:
- Patient demographics, including age, gender and ethnicity
- Language preferences
- Contact information for family and friends
- Primary care physician(s) info
- Active medical problem lists
- Allergies
- Immunization records
- Lab results from the past year
- Medications prescribed or refilled in the past year
- Clinic visit information with diagnoses and procedures in the past year
- Hospitalizations with diagnoses and procedures
- Most recent EKGs and chest X-rays — both readings and images.
Patient Records, Dept 160
Homestead MOB
Our hours of operation are Monday – Friday 9AM to 5PM.
tel: (408) 851-1750
