Patient portals are ringing a great help for healthcare by proving PHR and personal health benefits for patients and health professionals. It’s time for healthcare specialists to begin reconsidering patient portals as now no longer only tools for patient records access, but additionally as tools for constructing the patient-provider relationship. As digital health and patient engagement technology turn out to be more ubiquitous, patient portals and private health information are proving to be essential bridges between the patient and the healthcare company, according to David Haggstrom, MD, MAS, director of the Regenstrief Institute Center for Health Services Research and a center investigator for the US Department … Continue reading Patient Portals: The Future of Patient-Provider Relationships