I have 5, yes FIVE, different patient portals. Some of my doctors can see results from more than one portal, but only my Primary Care Physician can see all of my results. My tech skills are pretty good; yet even so, dealing with multiple portals is stressful.

One doctor has set up his portal site but has no information posted in it and has not provided directions for how to join it.

I cannot access the portal of my most significant specialist, even after spending close to 3 hours with 3 different tech advisers. And that doctor's office prefers the portal to phone calls.

Around the year 1999, then vice president Al Gore identified the problem of multiple portals.