MyOSCAR Helpdesk Calls!

We have received more than a dozen calls on the MyOSCAR Helpdesk.

I am happy to say that the comments have been overwhelmingly positive!

I am looking forward to blogging more results!

MyOSCAR looking good!

Features of MyOSCAR are becoming more polished every day. Our amazing programming staff has been in high gear. Soon data from OSCAR will supplement the patient’s own entries.

Patients can now:

- set their blood pressure goals, enter their measures and track them on a graph

- set goals and track any health and wellness measures of their choice

- enter all their medications including supplements and over-the-counter, how and why they are taking them, and print a list

- complete a comprehensive survey of medication effects to facilitate a conversation with their health care professional

- read about common health conditions to understand treatment choices

The reports are starting to come in! We have users!

We can start to tell that people are authenticating their MyOSCAR accounts. It is quite exciting to see the growth in users.  It is happening slowly but we hope that as people come into the clinic for their regular visits or have time to call the Help Desk then they will sign up for the system. We can't tell who is signing on...that would contravene privacy but we can watch the numbers grow day by day!
The open information sessions only had a few people drop in because it was convenient since they were at the clinic already. No one RSVPed. We are not sure why people have not participated but possibly it could be that computer users would rather do everything on-line or over the phone.  We are re-evaluating the need for information sessions as we start to think about opening up MyOSCAR to the next clinic.