One Patient. A Single Chart.

Brookings Health System and Avera Medical Group Brookings have joined forces to make it easier for patients to access their medical records. 

Starting March 1, 2020, if you doctor with Avera Medical Group Brookings and receive services from Brookings Health System, you can see all of your records together with a single login to the AveraChart patient portal. 

“Brookings Health and Avera partnered to make accessing your medical record as easy as possible for the many patients of either organization within the Brookings region,” said Brookings Health System CEO Jason Merkley. “Before we each operated separate portals for patients to access their medical records. That meant remembering two logins and knowing which portal was for your hospital stay versus your clinic visit. Having both records in one portal makes it much simpler for the majority of patients.”

For patients who already have an AveraChart login, any visits to Brookings Health’s locations after March 1, 2020, will automatically flow in to the patient record. This includes services from Brookings Hospital, Arlington Medical Center, White Medical Clinic, Volga Medical Clinic and The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Additionally, services from Avera Medical Group Specialty Care and Avera Medical Group Brookings will now be grouped in the same chart with Brookings Health records.

For example, if you went to Brookings Hospital’s ER with a broken arm and saw an orthopedic surgeon at Avera Medical Group Specialty Care, your ER visit, X-ray results, clinic notes and surgical procedures will all be accessible in AveraChart. If your primary care provider is at Avera Medical Group Brookings or one of Brookings Health System’s clinics, your provider would also see the care that was provided for your broken arm.

“The biggest benefit of sharing an electronic health record is the seamless and vast amount of information that allows providers to better understand the patient’s entire care journey,” said Merkley.

Any patient seen after March 1, 2020, at either Brookings Health or Avera Medical Group Brookings may sign up for record access. If you do not have an AveraChart login, you can obtain one by calling the AveraChart helpdesk at 1-855-667-9704. Helpdesk hours are Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Looking for more information on access to your medical records? Learn more at brookingshealth.org/chart.

Record Access for Sanford Patients

Brookings Health cares for patients who see Sanford providers, too. To give Sanford patients the best care possible, Brookings Health System has access to Sanford’s One Chart. One Chart allows Brookings Health System’s providers to see patient information within Sanford Health’s electronic medical record. It allows our providers to review patient information for continuing care and treatment. 

Any patient who receives services from Brookings Health System—regardless of where they see their primary care provider—can access their Brookings Health records on AveraChart. Learn more at brookingshealth.org/chart.