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Patient use of their health information accessible to them through online tools (e.g., patient portals and smartphone apps) can help empower them to make informed decisions about their health and track progress on health-related goals, potentially resulting in improved patient outcomes (1). Enabling patients to access and use the information contained in online medical records and patient ...
- Using Patient Portals to Improve Patient Outcomes: Systematic ...
Effects of patient portal interventions were tested in...
- The Impact of Digital Patient Portals on Health Outcomes ...
The use of a digital portal had an effect on the utilization...
- Using Patient Portals to Improve Patient Outcomes: Systematic ...
Dec 19, 2019 · Effects of patient portal interventions were tested in relation to a variety of psychological (eg, health knowledge, decision making, patient activation, and self-efficacy) and behavioral (eg, adherence and preventive service use) outcomes. Specifically, patient portal interventions were associated with a significant increase in patient ...
- Hae Ra Han, Kelly T. Gleason, Chun An Sun, Hailey N. Miller, Soo Jin Kang, Sotera Chow, Rachel Ander...
- 10.2196/15038
- 2019
- JMIR Hum Factors. 2019 Oct-Dec; 6(4): e15038.
Jun 17, 2022 · Messages should be short. If a patient portal message is longer, perhaps “more than 100 characters—it needs an appointment,” said Dr. Brown. “It is probably useful to think of using communication through the portal in a way that you might use” text messaging, said Dr. Sinsky. “Use it for something very brief, and you acknowledge ...
Some advantages of a patient portal include: Convenient access to medical information: Patient portals allow patients to access their medical information such as test results, prescription history, and medical history from anywhere with an internet connection. This can save time and effort for both patients and healthcare providers.
Sep 8, 2021 · The use of a digital portal had an effect on the utilization of health care services in terms of the number of clinical visits, especially for asthmatic patients [32,60], while no statistically significant changes in the number of primary care visits was reported in association with the use of secure messaging .
- Elettra Carini, Leonardo Villani, Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Andrea Gentili, Andrea Barbara, Walter Ricc...
- 10.2196/26189
- 2021
- J Med Internet Res. 2021 Sep; 23(9): e26189.
Sep 13, 2022 · A patient portal is a secure website set up by a health care system, hospital, or clinic. The tools (or features) vary, depending on the portal. Patient portals can help you access medical records ...
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Jun 2, 2020 · Ninety percent of health care systems now offer patient portals to access electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States, but only 15% to 30% of patients use these platforms. Using PubMed, the authors identified 53 studies published from September 2013 to June 2019 that informed best practices and priorities for future research on patient engagement with EHR data through patient portals ...
