MyAdvocate: Attracting and Engaging Patients Through Innovative, Vendor-Neutral Portal

Mike Delahanty, VP Application Products/Projects, and Ted Kliebhan, Director Project Advocate Connection, Advocate Health Care, discuss how Advocate is using state-of-the-art patient portal technology to attract, engage and activate patients in their own wellness.  Among the many robust functions, the new portal emphasizes patient ease-of-access to medical records, secure two-way communication with the care team, real-time scheduling and a personal health journal.  They also discuss how the new patient portal technology is helping Advocate demonstrate Meaningful Use 2 requirements.