View Your EHR on Your Android Phone

I just logged into my EHR and viewed some charts, checked my schedule, and sent myself a reminder message all from my mobile phone. It was very cool and can be done by anyone using practically any EHR. Of course the usability will depend on your phones screen size, but with everything getting bigger and by using "pinch and zoom" I found it to be quite functional. I used a couple of freely available programs for this and it only involved a few simple steps. I am using an Android phone, but I have heard this will work for an iPhone as well, I am not familiar with the apple iOS so you will have to investigate yourself to find the compatible app for your iPhone.

First, I downloaded TightVNC - a free, lightweight, fast and reliable remote control/remote desktop software and installed this onto my desktop computer. Then I made sure to open up port 5900 on my firewall. Installation of TightVNC is very quick and easy. It can run as a service so it will automatically start when your computer starts, and you can set a password to prevent unauthorized logging in to your system.

Next, I installed Remote Ripple from the Google Play Store onto my Android phone. Then, I entered my desktop computer's IP address (just type "What Is My IP" into Google and you will get it) into Remote Ripple, signed-in with my password and - voilà - connected!

I can do this whether or not my phone is connected to WiFi or not, so I can access my PC anywhere my phone works. It runs very nicely on the 4G mobile network. So not only can I access my EHR, but I also have full access to any file or program on my desktop. Here is a screenshot of my EHR running on my desktop computer as viewed on my Android phone in landscape orientation: