MedStar Health Apps
MedStar eVisit 9.4.1.005_01
Get the medical care you need now. MedStareVisit allows you to have a virtual visit with a member of theMedStar Health medical team. The visit, which is done via videochat on your iPhone or iPad provides a convenient way for you tofeel better faster. With 24/7 availability and no appointmentneeded, you will be on the road to recovery in no time.Log in to select the specialty area of care and browse theavailable providers, then simply start your MedStar eVisit at thetouch of a button. Discuss symptoms, medical history, and receive adiagnosis from the MedStar Health medical team. You can receive aprescription, follow up instructions, and specialist referrals asneeded.Need to see a doctor now? Skip the trip and the waiting room toreceive the care you need quickly. Typical issues include:• Bronchitis• Cough• Cold/Flu• Sinus infection• Sore throat• Urinary tract infection• Vomiting• Diarrhea• Fever• Pinkeye• Sprains and strains• Respiratory infection• Headache• Depression & Anxiety• Weight concerns• Smoking cessationMedStar Health eVisit takes your privacy very seriously. Your visitwith the doctor is secure and HIPAA compliant.MedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system dedicated tocaring for people in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region,while advancing the practice of medicine through education,innovation and research. MedStar’s 30,000 associates, 6,000affiliated physicians, 10 hospitals, ambulatory care and urgentcare centers, and the MedStar Health Research Institute arerecognized regionally and nationally for excellence in medicalcare.
Living Will App - MedStar Georgetown Transplant 1
What is a living will? A living will allows you to dictate howyouwill be cared for in the event you become incapacitated andareunable to make decisions about your health and medical care.Alsocalled an advance directive, a living will allows you to stateyourdesires for end-of-life care. Why do I need one? A living willletsthose closest to you know your wants and preferences onmatterssuch as resuscitation, feeding tubes and other lifesupportmeasures. How does organ donation fit in? One donor can save8lives, restore sight to 2 people and heal up to 75 morethroughtissue donation. Most living wills recommend indicating yourwishesto be a donor. The MedStar living will app offers theopportunityto register your donation decision in the NationalDonate LifeRegistry. Registering your decision to be an organ, eyeand tissuedonor is a legal document of gift indicating that, uponyour deathand if eligible, you have made the decision to be adonor.Registering now relieves your family of this decision burdenandserves as a real gift to them, as well as to thegratefulrecipients of your donation. For more information aboutorgan, eyeand tissue donation, visit DonateLife.net. What is thedifferencebetween registering as an organ donor and livingdonation? Byregistering to be an organ, eye and tissue donorthrough thisliving will app, you are indicating that, upon yourdeath and ifeligible, you have made the decision to be a donor. Adeceasedorgan donor can donate organs (liver, kidney, heart,lung,intestines and pancreas), corneas and tissue. With livingdonation,you are able to provide the gift of life while you arestill alive.You can donate a portion of your liver (the liverregenerates andgrows back) or one of your kidneys (you have two& can live ahealthy life with just one). Living donationdecisions are not partof your organ, eye and tissue donationregistration. For moreinformation on living donation,visitwww.MedStarGeorgetown.org/LivingDonor The DonateLifeAmerica/MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Partnership Astwoleading organizations addressing the issue of a shortage ofviableorgans, it was only natural for us to partner to offer adonorregistration opportunity in this living will registry app.Yourdonor registration will be in the National Donate LifeRegistry,RegisterMe.org. Donate Life America is the 501(c)3not-for-profitalliance of national organizations and Donate LifeState Teamsacross the United States committed to maximizing thenumber oforgans, eyes and tissue available to save and heal livesthroughtransplantation while developing a culture where donationisembraced as a fundamental human responsibility. TheMedStarGeorgetown Transplant Institute (MGTI) is among the nation’stoptransplant programs in the country, having performed wellover1,400 liver transplants and 5,000+ kidney transplants.Our volume ranks us in the top ten percent of transplantprograms inthe country and the second largest pediatric livertransplantprogram. Based on data from the Scientific Registry ofTransplantRecipients (SRTR) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid(CMS), MGTIranks among the highest quality programs in the nation.Create yourliving will and register to be a donor today!
