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The Patient Portal—Help or Hindrance?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Feb 17 12:10am | Replies (227)Comment receiving replies
The portal has been a great advancement in health care for me. I never understood why my information was held captive away from me.
I did have an experience very similar to yours where a CT scan of my lung cancer found some new spots. This was very concerning until I had a consultation with my care team.
Overall the quick access to my information is great. Patients will learn how to deal with this since this is how it should have been forever.
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Absolutely. Amd we should have access to thr entire record-real time.
Through Epic Care Everywhere, our doctors have instant access to our records from multiple systems, but patients are not allowed to access them. This is not right.
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Amen! Information is not the problem. This is a new tool, and it is in one's best interest to learn to use it. There are reasons there is a law to post that information making it accessible to the patient. One is to make it easier for patients to change providers.