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TommyT139

(791 posts)
8. Things to try
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 12:50 PM
Jul 2024

I'm inferring that the patient portal your doctor uses is not MyChart. (Please let me know otherwise.)

Check your spam/junk email folder. The activation or authorization code may have been sent there. (Apologies if you've tried this already.) If you find it but it doesn't work, that may be because it has a limited duration, for security's sake.

The next time you contact the hospital, ask for the Patient Ombudsman. The role may be named something else, but this office (often part of Patient Services) is specifically tasked with helping to resolve patient difficulties. In general, they are also the first place to go when a patient has a serious complaint about a medical provider; this helps ensure that patient care doesn't suffer. You may be able to find the Patient Ombudsman phone number in the hospital website, because it's often a required role for hospital accreditation.

When you do get access to the app, check to see whether you can grant one-time access to your test results to your sister. (That is possible on the similar app my health system uses - exporting a single test result, as a PDF.) You should also be able to grant broader access to your sister, but the fact that you wrote "hounding" implied that you might want to hold off until you know what exactly that means in this context.

Hope this helps - good luck!

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I refuse to give an email for that bullshit. Same reason 3Hotdogs Jul 2024 #1
It wants a code and last 4 digits XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #3
Id give the email XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #4
Perhaps calling the office and talking with a nurse is the best thing for you. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #2
I'll never get a human XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #5
Leave a message for a nurse or the practice manager. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #6
Agreed ConstanceCee Jul 2024 #7
Things to try TommyT139 Jul 2024 #8
I searched the brochure XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #9
Gallbladder normal XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #10
Good to hear TommyT139 Jul 2024 #11
Well, I'm still having problems XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #12
I've told you this story before, I think, but Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #14
Thank you XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #15
My SO is a fucking jerk XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #13
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