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What are Uab Callahan Eye Hospital and clinics patient portals?

Eastern Utah Family Medicine. 317 E 100 N. Price, UT 84501. View on Google Maps. 435-637-3584.

Can patient portals improve health care quality and efficiency?

The UAB Callahan Eye Hospital and Clinics Patient Portals are free online services websites for patients of UAB Callahan Eye Hospital and Clinics that offer personalized and secure access to portions of your electronic medical record. The portals allow you to manage your health and stay connected with your health care providers and family members.

Can the practice/clinic use the information I send to deliver care?

Welcome To The New Callahan Portal. Your new client experience has arrived! We are excited to introduce you to a new and improved way to access your Callahan resources, all in one place. Introducing the freshly updated Callahan Portal.

Abstract

Background: Patient portals have shown potential for increasing health care quality and efficiency. Internet access and other factors influencing patient portal use could worsen health disparities.

BACKGROUND

The patient portal is an electronic system through which patients can interact with their health care system, health care providers, and/or their own health information. Also described as personal health records (PHRs), these technologies can be tethered (tied to the electronic health record [EHR]) or untethered.

METHODS

This was a retrospective, observational study combining data from the EHR with data from government agencies. This study was approved by the MetroHealth System Institutional Review Board.

RESULTS

Between 2012 and 2015, a total of 243 248 adult patients made at least 1 outpatient visit to the health system and were included; of these, 70 835 (29.1%) initiated use of the patient portal (defined by whether the patient or a proxy had logged in to the system at least once).

DISCUSSION

We found that the majority of patients at an urban public health care system did not use the system’s patient portal. In addition, a major factor associated with accessing the patient portal was living in a neighborhood where most residents have access to home broadband internet.

CONCLUSIONS

Our study found that for patients at one urban hospital system, differences in home broadband internet access demonstrate a clear negative association with patient portal initiation and use.