MGH campus transformation

MGH’s campus transformation continues with major renovation work this winter and spring. Patients and visitors can expect to experience hallway closures and detours around the hospital. Read more here.

MyChart™

MyChart™ is a secure website that allows you to access your health records 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, anywhere in the world.

With MyChartTM access you can:

  • View your health records such as test results, medications and other medical information
  • Share your records with your family members, your friends and your caregivers
  • View your upcoming appointments
  • Create appointment reminders

Signing up for MyChartTM

To sign up for MyChartTM, you must visit our Health Records Department (A1) to consent and verify your identity. They will email you a PIN which you will need to sign up. Follow the link provided in your email to complete your registration.

MyChart Frequently Asked Questions

What is MyChartTM?

MyChartTM is a secure website where patients can manage their clinical and personal health information. It is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the internet.

How do I register for MyChartTM?

Please visit the hospital’s Health Records Department (A1) with a valid photo ID to get registered. 

Who has access to MyChartTM?

Participating hospitals’ patients have access to MyChartTM and they can electronically grant access to family members, friends, caregivers, primary care physicians and pharmacists etc.

How do patients access MyChartTM?

Once registration is completed, patients can go to www.mychart.ca and log in to review their MyChartTM records.

What are the key features of MyChartTM?
  • View your health records such as test results, medications and other medical information Share access to your records with your family members, friends and care providers
  • View upcoming appointments
  • Create appointment reminders
What information is available through MyChartTM?
  • Consultations notes
  • Admission and discharge summaries
  • Diagnostic imaging reports (15 days delay)
  • Pathology reports (15 days delay)
  • Operative reports
  • Lab reports/results (HIV and HEP C results will be withheld for 15 days)
  • Newborn summaries
What information is not available through MyChartTM?
  • Nursing and allied health notes
  • Inpatient daily progress notes
  • Scanned documents
  • Dictated notes designated as mental health notes
Where does the information in MyChartTM come from?

Directly from the hospital’s Electronic Patient Record system and through self-entered information. Please note that some of your health information might not be available in MyChartTM until your doctor reviews it with you.

How can I be sure that my health information available through MyChartTM is secure?

Your health information in MyChartTM is secured through the same encryption technologies used by the major banks for online banking.

 

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