What is Patient Portal

A patient-facing technological interface that allows patients to access various kinds of personal medical information such as laboratory results, imaging interpretation, diagnoses, and follow up care.

A secure online website that provides convenient access to personal health information. Portals allow patients to securely perform a multitude of tasks that includes scheduling appointments, retrieving laboratory results, managing medications, accessing medical history data and other patient education or health information, and communicating with their healthcare provider.

A patient portal is an online interface that enables patients on demand real-time access to their personal electronic health records. Key features of patient portals include access to diagnostic test results and medical notes. Further, patient portals enable healthcare service users to communicate with their healthcare provider online which is helpful for enhancing patient understanding of their health records and for patient ability to schedule their healthcare. The expected benefit of patient portals is the empowerment of individuals to take control of and manage their health.