ConnectMyHealth is a digital health solution that provides you with an online, single access channel to view your health records from participating hospitals in southwestern Ontario, including Hotel Dieu Shaver. ConnectMyHealth can be used on desktop and mobile devices, and there's no cost to use it.
For complete details and to register online for an account, visit https://info.connectmyhealth.ca.
Use ConnectMyHealth to view your health records, and truly empower your health journey.
ConnectMyHealth is different than other patient portals because it combines various types of health records created at hospitals you've been to in the Ontario Health West Region into one, consolidated view. Additional data sources such as community-based laboratories are expected to be added in the near future. ConnectMyHealth can be an ideal complement to in-person or virtual visits with your care providers by providing you easy access to your hospital records, and to additional functionality you may have through your local hospital, like appointment scheduling.
Other key features of ConnectMyHealth include:
- New Results Alerts: Subscribe to be notified by email when you’ve got new results available to view in ConnectMyHealth from select hospitals in Ontario Health West Region; your New Results page displays first when you log in, for quick and easy viewing
- Patient Dashboard: Customize your patient dashboard view by organizing the types of health records (modules) that are most important to you
- Patient Visits Timeline: View your upcoming scheduled hospital appointments, where available
Functionality to 'share your records' with your family and care partners who are also ConnectMyHealth users is expected to be added in the near future.
Who Can Register for ConnectMyHealth?
Individuals who are 16 years of age or older who have health records at hospitals in Ontario Health West Region can register for a ConnectMyHealth account. You must have a valid (not expired) Ontario Health Card, a unique (not shared with anyone else) email address, and acceptable identity documentation to register for an account.
Parents, Legal Guardians and Legal Representatives of individuals who are unable to access, manage and control their own ConnectMyHealth account will be able to register for Proxy Access; information will be made available on this website about the Proxy Access Request process. Until then, Parents, Legal Guardians and Legal Representatives who wish to access another individual's personal health information may continue to do so via other means, including contacting the healthcare facility that created the health record.
Want to better understand the types of data you can see using ConnectMyHealth?
The image below displays the various types of data that is available in ConnectMyHealth from participating hospitals in Ontario Health West Region.
For a complete list of hospitals contributing data, visit: https://info.connectmyhealth.ca/data-availability
