Inpatient Care

You can complete emergency room registration right from the convinence of your phone with or without a MyChart account. With ED Self Registration you can complete the following task:

• Review and edit Insurance
• Sign Documents
• Review and edit Medications
• Review and edit Pharmacies
• Review and edit Allergies
• Review and edit Health Issues

After you arrive to the Emergency Department and open MyChart application on your mobile device, then MyChart Bedside in the ED should automatically show up with information and activities. Proxies can also have access to view your information. You have control over who has access to your information.

During your visit, MyChart Bedside in the ED helps you stay informed and involved in your care. You can:

• View and complete questionnaires
• Read educational materials about your health
• See your medications and test results
• Invite friends and family to access your information
• Watch a helpful tutorial to learn how MyChart Bedside in the ED works

MyChart Bedside Mobile allows you to access MyChart Bedside on your smartphone or tablet. When you launch MyChart app for the first time after your hospital admission or ED visit, your MyChart app transforms to MyChart Bedside in Mobile.

MyChart Bedside gives you and your loved ones more information about your hospital or ED visit. You can use MyChart Bedside on a Franciscan-provided tablet (if available in the department) or with the MyChart app on your smartphone.

Note:  The availability of features may vary depending on the care setting and whether you are using a Franciscan-provided tablet or your own smartphone.

Here are some of the features MyChart Bedside has to offer:

• Schedule shows you events during your hospital stay.  You can see events including:
  • Medication administrations
  • Upcoming hospital appointments
  • Upcoming outpatient appointments
  • Scheduled surgeries
  • Tasks such as lab collections or taking a walk
  • Events that you add, such as a family visit (available in MyChart Bedside tablet only).
• Care Team helps you become more familiar with current and previous members of your treatment team. You can see each treatment team member’s role, photo, and a brief bio.
• Requests allows you to place non-urgent requests. For example, you can request water, clean hospital gown, or warm blanket. If you need immediate help, please use your call light.
• Questionnaires allows you to actively participate in your care and contribute clinical data by responding to questions from within Bedside. All Bedside patients are assigned Bedside Satisfaction survey. Completing the survey allows us to better understand your digital needs and improve MyChart Bedside features.
• My Documents allows you to review and sign consent forms assigned to you during the admission. Forms that are already signed appear here, and any consent form that’s assigned during the admission is automatically available in Bedside.
• Notes/Notes from Care Team allows you to read notes from your care team.
• Test Results provides as a dashboard where you can view up-to-date health information at a glance. You can tap a lab result or vital sign to see more detailed information and trends over the course of your hospital admission.
• Education feature allows you to review assigned educational materials. The education materials can be presented in text, PDF, audio, video, and website format. You care team can see your progress. Once you complete an education title, you can tab “I understand” to complete the education. If you have any questions regarding the materials you reviewed, please tap “I have questions” to let your care team know.
• Friends & Family Access activity allows you to add or remove proxy access to your MyChart account. After tapping “Invite friends or family”, you see an invite page with questions about the person you would like to grant access to your account to (name, email and access type).  After filling out the fields, the invitee is responsible for accepting the invitation in order to view your account.
• Friends & Family Updates gives you a convenient way to share updates with your proxies during a time when others are often looking for updates. Proxies can react and comment on these posted updates. Additionally, you can receive e-cards sent by your proxies in this activity. Proxies can choose from twelve fun images to send to you.
• Continuing Care (Bedside tablet and MyChart Bedside in Mobile only) feature in MyChart Bedside allows you to indicate up to three providers you prefer for your post-discharge care. Case managers review the responses and continue discharge planning without any printing or scanning necessary.
• Thank Your Nurse (Bedside tablet and MyChart Bedside in Mobile only) allows you to submit a form to show your appreciation for your nurse.
• Other Visits (Bedside tablet only) is where past admissions appear in Bedside if a tablet was set up during a previous hospital admission.
• Video Chat (Bedside tablet only) allows you to have a video session with your virtual nurse.

Check out these additional topics for more information on MyChart Bedside.

• For more information about MyChart Bedside on your smartphone please visit MyChart Bedside Mobile
• For more information about MyChart Bedside tablet please visit How to Activate a MyChart Bedside Tablet
• For more information about MyChart Bedside in ED (on your smartphone) please visit MyChart Bedside in the ED

MyChart Bedside allows you to keep track of your health information, know who your nurses and doctors are, and better understand your stay. Find out when your next procedure is happening and better understand your treatments; all at your own pace. To use the benefits of MyChart Bedside, you need to activate it on the tablet in your room.

This guide includes steps to let you activate a hospital-owned tablet in your own using a numeric code that you receive from an email and/or SMS notification.

If you are unable to provision a tablet using your numeric code, reach out to the staff for assistance.

No, the device will be reset once you are discharged or transferred from the room.  All login information will be cleared.

Patients are not required to use the MyChart Bedside tablet. However, it is the best device for receiving virtual services, such as a video visit with the Virtual Nurse.  We encourage all patients to use this service when possible.