Patient Portal Application
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A Patient Portal Application is a healthcare application that allows patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers.
- Context:
- It can support Patient Interaction Tasks.
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- Example(s):
- MyChart App by Epic Systems.
- FollowMyHealth by Allscripts.
- Healow by eClinicalWorks.
- MyHealth Online by athenahealth.
- ...
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Continuity of Care Record, Healthcare, Web Application, Hospital, Electronic Medical Record, Personal Health Record, HealthVault.
References
2023
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- A Patient Portal App is a secure online application that allows patients to access their Personal Health Information, communicate with Healthcare Providers, manage appointments, and perform other health-related tasks. These apps aim to streamline the Patient Experience, improve communication, and empower patients to take a more active role in their Healthcare Management.
- Some examples of patient portal apps and their descriptions are:
- MyChart by Epic Systems: MyChart enables patients to access their Medical Records, view Test Results, schedule appointments, request Prescription Refills, and communicate with healthcare providers through a Secure Messaging system.
- FollowMyHealth by Allscripts: FollowMyHealth is a universal Patient Portal that provides access to medical records, appointment scheduling, secure messaging with healthcare providers, and other features such as Prescription Management and bill payment.
- Healow by eClinicalWorks: Healow (Health and Online Wellness) allows patients to manage their health information, view Lab Results, schedule appointments, and communicate with doctors through secure messaging. The app also offers features such as Medication Tracking and health reminders.
- MyHealth Online by athenahealth: MyHealth Online provides patients with access to their medical records, appointment scheduling, Prescription Refills, and secure messaging with healthcare providers. The app also allows patients to view their Billing Information and make payments.
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/patient_portal Retrieved:2023-3-16.
- Patient portals are healthcare-related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night. Some patient portal applications exist as stand-alone web sites and sell their services to healthcare providers. Other portal applications are integrated into the existing web site of a healthcare provider. Still others are modules added onto an existing electronic medical record (EMR) system. What all of these services share is the ability of patients to interact with their medical information via the Internet. Currently, the lines between an EMR, a personal health record, and a patient portal are blurring. For example, Intuit Health and Microsoft HealthVault describe themselves as personal health records (PHRs), but they can interface with EMRs and communicate through the Continuity of Care Record standard, displaying patient data on the Internet so it can be viewed through a patient portal.