The features of the mobile app aren’t all new. Atlantic Health System has had a health portal on its website for some time. At that portal, patients can log in, check their medical records, get in touch with their physicians, make notes about their weight, vital signs and other health-related metrics, and renew prescriptions, among other things. However, now that these capabilities are mobile, they’re in a space where they’re more likely to be used. In one short year, the app has been downloaded upward of 30,000 times on phones, tablets and other wireless devices.
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