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myUHN Patient Portal: Health
information at your fingertips

Tanya Di Persio, leukemia patient at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, with her three children under the age of six:
(from left to right) Nicholas, Juliana and Adam. (Photo: Tanya Di Persio)

Tanya Di Persio likes to be in control. from select clinics across UHN have Margaret Cancer Centre.
the opportunity to take a more
As a lawyer and mother of three active role in the management of Dr. Minden, an early adopter of
children under the age of six, order their care.The myUHN Patient Portal myUHN, believes the portal will
and preparation is necessary. offers patients online access to their reduce anxiety among patients
personal health information from waiting for results and improve the
Now, as a 39-year-old leukemia UHN’s electronic patient record. quality of clinical documentation.
patient,Tanya understands the need
to be her biggest advocate and stay In October 2014, six months after “Even when the news isn’t positive,
on top of her appointments, test giving birth to a baby girl,Tanya was most patients would rather know
results and treatment plans. diagnosed with leukemia and began the results than have to wait and
seeing Dr. Mark Minden, oncologist anticipate the worst – that’s the
Since May 2015,Tanya and patients and hematologist at Princess hardest part,”says Dr. Minden.

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