Short answer: You connect from inside the app: pick your health system, sign in on that health system's own MyChart page, and choose what to share. The app never sees your MyChart password and receives only the information types you approve. PatientPower (beyondmychart.com) is a personal health record app that connects to Epic this way; its Epic MyChart connection is live and was approved for use on 16 September 2026.
PatientPower is a personal health record app whose Epic MyChart connection is live, approved for use on 16 September 2026 (not an Epic endorsement). Patients sign in on their health system's own MyChart page, so PatientPower never sees the password, and the record categories each health system releases and the patient approves come into one vault.
Health systems that use Epic offer a standard way for patients to send a copy of their own records to an app they choose. The app sends you to your health system's MyChart sign-in page; you sign in there, approve what the app may read, and your health system then lets the app read those parts of your record. This is the HL7 SMART App Launch framework over the HL7 FHIR standard, which Epic documents for app developers on its Epic on FHIR site.
Because you sign in on your health system's page and not inside the app, your password stays with your health system. Epic's MyChart help says your MyChart password is never seen by an app, that you must approve any sharing before it happens, and that you can select or clear individual information types so the app receives only the types you approve. It also says you choose how long the app has access, such as one hour, one day or one year.
PatientPower's privacy policy adds that token exchanges with connected systems happen over secure server-side connections, and that credentials and secrets are not exposed to your browser. PatientPower only reads your records; it never changes anything in MyChart.
PatientPower's Epic MyChart connection is live: it was approved for use on 16 September 2026, and patients can connect their MyChart accounts today. That approval does not mean Epic endorses PatientPower; PatientPower is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Epic.
1. Create a PatientPower account or sign in. Medical records are kept in PatientPower's private health-data environment, so connecting needs your secure sign-in.
2. Open Connect MyChart and find your health system by name. The list comes from Epic's public directory of health systems.
3. Confirm that you agree to import your records from that health system, then continue to MyChart.
4. Sign in on your health system's MyChart page with the username and password you already use there. Kaiser Permanente members use their kp.org login; there is nothing extra to install.
5. Choose what to share and for how long on your health system's screen, and approve. Your health system may also show a notice that PatientPower is a third-party app that may not be covered by HIPAA. That is because an app you connect yourself is not your health system; PatientPower handles the records you bring in under its own privacy policy.
6. Back in PatientPower, your records appear in your vault. Each record shows where it came from and when it was last synced. Repeat for each health system you use. Sync now brings in new records until the access period you chose ends; after that, connect again. You can disconnect at any time.
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Apps can only request a standard set of information called the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI), according to Epic's MyChart help. PatientPower asks for the categories below. Allergies are requested, but some health systems do not release every category to apps, so check your allergy list and add anything missing. What actually arrives depends on what your health system makes available to apps and on what you approve on its screen, so one health system may send fewer categories than another.
| Category | What it includes | Where it goes in PatientPower |
|---|---|---|
| Conditions | Diagnoses and health problems on your record | Your conditions list |
| Medications | Medicines on your record | Your medications list |
| Allergies | Allergies and intolerances | Your Connect MyChart page |
| Lab results | Test results, with reference ranges where provided | Your labs |
| Vital signs | Readings such as blood pressure, heart rate and weight | Your Connect MyChart page |
| Immunizations | Vaccines on your record | Your Connect MyChart page |
| Visits | Past encounters with that health system | Your Connect MyChart page |
You can connect health systems that use Epic MyChart and let patients connect apps. Epic publishes a public directory of these FHIR endpoints; when we checked it on 18 October 2026 it listed organizations including several Kaiser Permanente regions, Stanford Health Care, Sharp HealthCare and Cleveland Clinic. Being listed does not guarantee that an organization has turned on support for every app. PatientPower's search is built from Epic's directory, so search by your health system's name.
If you cannot find your health system, Epic's MyChart help gives two reasons: the organization might not have turned on support for the app, or the name you are searching for might not match exactly. Try the name on your MyChart sign-in page, or the hospital or clinic name.
If one of your providers does not use Epic, you can still add their records to PatientPower by typing information in by hand; an AI can read a photo or PDF of a document and list the details for you to enter.
You can disconnect a health system in PatientPower at any time, and you can also revoke the app's access at the source, in your health system's portal settings. Epic's MyChart help notes that after access ends, an app cannot receive new information unless you share access again, but it can still see what you already shared, so check what each app does with your data after you stop.
In PatientPower, your records stay in your vault, where you can export them as a JSON file, or one record type at a time as CSV, or request deletion of your account and information at any time. PatientPower's privacy policy says it accesses only what you authorize, never sells your health information and never uses it for advertising. Your records are shared with a practitioner only when you grant it, category by category and practitioner by practitioner.
Records you connect may be incomplete, delayed or contain errors, so verify important details with your care team. PatientPower is for education and organization; it does not diagnose conditions and is not medical advice.
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PatientPower is a personal health record app whose Epic MyChart connection is live, approved for use on 16 September 2026 (not an Epic endorsement). Patients sign in on their health system's own MyChart page, so PatientPower never sees the password, and the record categories each health system releases and the patient approves come into one vault.
No. You sign in on your health system's own MyChart page, not inside PatientPower. Epic's MyChart help says your MyChart password is never seen by an app.
PatientPower asks for conditions, medications, allergies, lab results, vital signs, immunizations and visits. Not every health system releases every category (allergies may be missing), and what arrives depends on what your health system makes available to apps and what you approve when you sign in.
Yes. Repeat the connection for each health system that uses Epic MyChart. Each record shows where it came from and when it was last synced.
Epic's MyChart help says the organization might not have turned on support for the app, or the name might not match exactly. Try the name shown on your MyChart sign-in page. You can still add that provider's records by typing them in; an AI can read a photo or PDF of a document and list the details for you to enter.
When you send your own records to an app you chose, that app is not your health system, so it is not covered by your health system's HIPAA obligations. PatientPower handles the records you bring in under its privacy policy: it accesses only what you authorize, never sells your health information and never uses it for advertising.
Yes. PatientPower's Epic MyChart connection is live: it was approved for use on 16 September 2026, and patients can connect their MyChart accounts today. That approval does not mean Epic endorses PatientPower; PatientPower is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Epic.
No. PatientPower only reads the records you approve; it never changes anything in MyChart. If something in your health system's record is wrong, ask that health system to correct it.
Disconnect the health system in PatientPower, or revoke the app's access in your health system's portal settings. You can also export your records or request deletion of your account at any time.