@collegeprof I have doctors at multiple hospitals and the portals vary greatly. The hospital my PCP is at has a terrible portal but the portal that many of my other doctors are on, Epic, is excellent. With some of my doctors I get the written report at check-out but that seems to be less common with many of my doctors and the message on the portal is there within a day.

Personally I do love the portal for the ability to write a note to the doctor that I know will be seen as I wrote it, not a spoken message that can be passed on to her inaccurately.
JK