MyHealth Records: Lab Results Online for Patients via My Personal Records
 
On February 1, 95% of the most commonly ordered lab test results were made were made available in My Personal Records (MPR), found in MyHealth Records (MHR), the single access point for Albertans’ personal health information.
 
Making more results available online provides Albertans with more access to their health information and acts as an additional safety net for patient care within the system. Additional results are being added through to September 2021. More complex results in pathology and other areas will be included in MPR beginning August 23.
 
Lab results ordered from all sites in Alberta, including labs ordered during inpatient and emergency visits will be included in MPR. New users will see an 18-month retrospective view of all lab results released at the time they begin to access MPR. Existing users will not have labs added retroactively, but they will be able to see the expanded lab results moving forward.
 
Patients can have immediate access to more of their own information. Providers may notice some changes in their patterns of work, and may wish to consider giving patients more information about the implications of different results at the time of ordering a test. Physicians and other providers will continue to have access to results through their usual delivery channels, as well as through Alberta Netcare.
 
To support Albertans, Alberta has created the MyHealth.Alberta.ca Web site, a trusted source of health information. MHR Support is available at 1-844-401-4016, 24 hours daily. Technical assistance is available between 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (MT), Monday to Friday and a connection to 811 for health-related inquiries, including test results, is available at all times.
 
Additional Resources
To help provide information about the upcoming release of complex results, the Alberta Medical Association and Alberta Health Services together with physician leaders hosted a webinar on July 21 for providers.
 

 
For further information about MyHealth Records, please visit the MHR website.
    

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