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Mayo Clinic Patient Portal: How do I find it? Do you use it?
Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: May 19, 2023 | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
Are you comfortable with Patient Portal?
More and more I am repeatedly reminded to sign up for a patient portal. I have been uncomfortable with this. I admittedly know little about it other than one can see their test results and message the Dr. To read something without my Dr. to interpret it could cause undue stress and anxiety. What about security breaches? The security in my computer likely falls short of theirs.
How do you feel about it? Pro's and Con's? Ways to mitigate risks? Is it worth it?
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@beatitudes, you are asking really good questions about Mayo Clinic's patient portal, called Patient Online Services. I'd like to divide your questions into 2 parts:
1. Concerns about seeing test results before consulting with your doctor to help interpret them is something many members are talking about in general about patient portals. See this related discussion:
- The Patient Portal—Help or Hindrance?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/the-patient-portal-help-or-hindrance/
2. Safety and security of patient portals. These portals are a safer way of communicating with your doctors than email. Messages are encrypted.
You can also contact Mayo Clinic concierge services to ask further questions and get help creating an account should you decide to use the patient portal.
Mayo Clinic Concierge Services
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/minnesota/concierge-services
507-538-8438
concierge@mayo.edu
Beatitudes, I moved your question about the pros and cons of signing up for the patient portal to this existing discussion:
- Mayo Clinic Patient Portal: How do I find it? Do you use it? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-portal/
I did this so that you can read previous posts and connect with members who use the portal like @johnbishop @rosemarya @roch @fourof5zs @hbp and others.
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very comfortable