Digital Launch


We’re Transforming Your Patient Experience

Launching November 14th, 2022


Introducing Oracle Cerner, a state-of-the-art digital platform for managing your healthcare and wellness information.


WHAT IS ORACLE CERNER?

Oracle Cerner is a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) software used by over 2,300 health organizations of various sizes and specialties to streamline their operations and provide greater healthcare. It offers charting, documentation, financial management, and health analytics, which help ensure up-to-date patient information and accurate diagnosis and treatments.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO ME, THE PATIENT?

Increases Productivity and Efficiency: The Effingham Health System (EHS) team will spend far less time charting and documenting data to allow us to focus more on you. We will leverage health analytics and other tools to provide more accurate diagnoses and treatments. Real-time updates will keep information accurate.

Elevates the Patient Experience: The new MyEHS HealtheLife Portal will provide a single, convenient place to access all your healthcare information, simplifying the process and saving you time. You can access the portal through your computer, tablet, and your mobile phone. Schedule appointments, fill out consent forms, track annual appointments, receive appointment reminders, check lab results, communicate with your providers, pay bills, edit personal information via mobile, and manage your own well-being.

Assures Providers Easy Access to Your Medical History: By utilizing this single-source electronic health record system, your clinical history, and information from past visits will be more readily available for all your clinicians to access in the future The system’s interoperability enables your secure, consolidated medical history to follow you as you move between hospitals, doctors, and other providers to facilitate coordinated, improved care, ensuring your health data is available to you and all your providers.

HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR THE MyEHS HEALTHeLIFE PORTAL? 

Patients will receive information about accessing the new patient portal at the time of their next visit with a provider at Effingham Hospital, Effingham Family Medicine, Effingham Women’s Health, Effingham Pediatrics, Effingham Imaging Center, Effingham Cancer Care Center, or Effingham Cardiology.

HOW LONG WILL I BE ABLE TO ACCESS MY PREVIOUS PATIENT PORTAL? 

Patient portal access for EHS visits prior to 11/14/2022 will be available until 11/14/2023.


If you are having trouble using the system, email: portal@effinghamhospital.org