What is MH Community Connect?
Memorial Hermann Community Connect is a comprehensive Epic EHR solution that will be made available to affiliates of Memorial Hermann for use in their independent physician practices. At its core is the patient’s shared clinical record, allowing for improved continuity of care. For additional information or questions, email EpicCommunityConnect@memorialhermann.org. To view helpful demonstrations of MH Community Connect and how it will improve the patient, clinician and physician experience at your clinic, visit the Resources and Demos section.
Benefits of MH Community Connect:
- An integrated single patient record that allows for better coordination between clinicians, enhances communication and improves transitions of care.
- Licensing for Epic clinical and practice management software.
- Business office functions such as online scheduling, real time eligibility and online bill pay.
- A state-of-the-art MyChart patient portal, which allows for streamlined patient and clinician communication.
- Clinical functions including education, connections to local outreach labs, ePrescribing (standard and controlled) medications and video visits.
- Reporting and quality metric tracking.
Additional benefits:
- Interoperability: Practices will have the ability to view records from other organizations on Epic using Care Everywhere.
- Integration: While clinical records are integrated with MH Community Connect, your practice will maintain financial and scheduling autonomy.
- Regulatory: Streamlined regulatory workflows and reporting.
- Continuity of care: The integrated system allows clinicians to communicate about patients and initiate follow-ups, eliminating some administrative processes and improving continuity of care.
- Notifications: Care team members are notified of hospital admissions and discharges.
- Referral facilitation and more.