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How can patients download clinical reports from the patient portal?

Feb 07, 2018 · Case Studies Patient Portal Implementation Improves Quality of Patient Care and Strengthens Preventive Care Patient Portal Implementation Improves Quality of Patient Care and Strengthens Preventive Care Spring 2011 Dover, Delaware About Dover Family Physicians

What do patients think about the patient portal?

Results: Patient portal users tended to be older (49.45 vs. 46.22 years in the entire sample, p = 0.008 in the random sample) and more likely female (62.59 vs. 54.91% in the entire sample, p = 0.035 in the random sample). Nonusers had more monthly emergency room (ER) visits on average (0.047 vs. 0.014, p < 0.001).

How did bvchc proceed with creating a patient portal?

Methods: A qualitative comparative case study was conducted to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and initial perceptions of users and to identify ways to increase uptake. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 56 participants (27 patients, 21 providers, 4 nonmedical staff, and 4 clinic managers) from 5 clinics.

How do patients Register on the patient portal?

Feb 07, 2018 · Case Studies Patient Portal Increases Communication Between Patients and Providers Patient Portal Increases Communication Between Patients and Providers Title State Case Studies Category Spring 2011 Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island About Blackstone Valley Community Health Care (BVCHC)

How do you implement a patient portal?

What is the purpose of patient portals?

What are the different types of patient portals?

What are the benefits and challenges of using patient portals?

What must be done when creating a patient portal?

What is portal message?

What are the features of a patient portal?

What makes the patient portal different from a PHR?

What are the five main features of the new healthcare portal?

What are the cons of patient portals?

What safeguards are included in patient portals?

Why do some patients fail to participate in the use of the patient portal?

How does BVCHC evaluate patient portals?

BVCHC plans to evaluate the patient portal implementation through patient satisfaction surveys and by comparing responses between groups of registered portal users and patients who are not using this resource. As portal enrollment and use increase, BVCHC is also planning to examine whether use of the portal results in a reduced burden on the BVCHC call center.

Why do medical assistants use patient portals?

Medical assistants promoted the patient portal as a way for patients to establish a direct line of communication with their provider. Patients registered with the portal can avoid using the BVCHC call center, which receives a large volume of calls.

What are the limitations of the selected EHR and patient portal?

Limitations of the selected EHR and patient portal, including secured messaging communications with patients in languages other than English, with the exception of patient education materials.

What is NextGen HIE?

Facilitating the subsequent implementation of the NextGen Health Information Exchange (HIE) among other area practices also under the NextGen Umbrella to enhance continuity of care for patients and provide a common engine and system interfaces for use by participating practices, local laboratories and imaging facilities, hospitals, and consulting providers within the NextGen HIE network.

What is a message sent to a patient's e-mail address?

A message is instantly delivered to the patient’s e-mail address encouraging him or her to complete the second step of the patient portal enrollment process. Processes are also being put in place to allow patients to complete enrollment while on-site during a visit.

What is BVCHC portal?

BVCHC found it helpful to designate point persons for portal enrollment, such as medical assistants, to engage patients one on one. Consequently, providers are not burdened with the enrollment process, but they can encourage patients to use the portal. Moreover, assigning a dedicated triage nurse to serve as the gatekeeper for messages coming through the portal has eased provider concerns about email volume and time required for patient communication.

What is N#EHR?

Patient-Specific Education Resources.#N#EHR has an integrated patient education tool that allows clinical staff to search and select from more than 600 summaries on diagnoses and symptoms and more than 1,000 medications. Materials, which are available and English and Spanish, can be printed out and reviewed with patients at the time of the visit.

What is the MyWellness portal?

The clinic has an online platform, MyWellness patient portal, that allows patients to play an active role in their own health care. On the portal, patients can communicate with their doctors, make appointments, check lab results, order medication, and access their health information even when the clinic is closed. The online portal allows even those patients without cell phones or computers to communicate with their health team from a public library. The problem? Few of the clinic’s patients were using the service: as of January, 2018 only 4 percent were enrolled in and active on MyWellness patient portal.

What are the benefits of portals?

At first trainings stressed the benefits of increased portal use: 1 Enhanced patient/medical team communication 2 Improved patient awareness and management of health conditions 3 Fewer patient phone calls and walk-ins

Evaluation Of Thyroid On Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Cirrhotic Patients

Egyptian Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Cirrhotic Patients Complicated with Portal Hypertension Waseem M. Seleem MD, Fady M. Wadea MD Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Portal Vein Thrombosis On Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Portal vein thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis: insights to risk factors, clinical presentation and outcome Afifi F. Afifi 1, Osama M. Basha 1 , Fady M. Wadea 1, Abdelaziz E. Samack 2, Raghda Abd-elatif Hafez 3 1- GIT and hepatology unit, Internal Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University.

Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation And Outcome

all › 41 Reads Download Add supplementary resources Recommend Portal vein thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis: insights to risk factors, clinical presentation and outcome Article in International Journal of Advanced Research 3 (12):1539-1548 · December 2015 1st Afifi F Afifi 2nd Osama Basha 6.99 · Zagazig University + 1 3rd Fady Maher Zagazig University Last Raghda Abd Ellatif Hafez 16.2 · Faculty of medicine/Zagazig University.www.zu.edu.eg Show more authors 3 elements are still missing.

Portal Cholangiopathy

INTRODUCTION Portal biliopathy (PB) is a clinical condition defined as the presence of abnormalities in the biliary tree (including biliary tree and gallbladder) in patients with non-cirrhotic/non-neoplastic extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) and portal cavernoma (PC) [1].

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than control group but in patients with early stages of liver cirrhosis, no differences in their levels was found between the 2 groups.

Doppler Ultrasound

of the portosystemic stent. While portal venography is excellent at demonstrating stent patency, Doppler ultrasound allows visualization of blood flow within the stent, portal system and hepatic venous system without the need for radiation and contrast injections. According to Boyer,23 TIPS dysfunction occurs in about 80% of treated patients.

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Introduction Electronic Health Record (EHR) compliance is expected to achieve better clinical outcomes, improved population health outcomes, increased transparency and efficiency, empowerment of individuals, and more robust data for research on health systems (Health IT).

Who presented the outcomes to the DHS Executive Clinical Operations Committee and the California OpenNotes Consortium?

In December 2018, Dr. Abhat presented the outcomes to the DHS Executive Clinical Operations Committee and the California OpenNotes Consortium.

What did it mean when the medical records staff closed the window?

It was lunch time, which meant the Medical Records staff had closed the window and the weary people in line could expect an extra hour’s wait. Some were on crutches; others had babies and children in tow. There was nowhere to sit down, and patients were frustrated, Abhat recalls. “As usual, everyone in the line was angry and annoyed,” she said. “It definitely gave me pause.” And that’s how the idea of a new way for patients to get their medical records was born.

What is OpenNotes app?

First, they spent time explaining what OpenNotes was. It may sound like an app or software “or someplace in the sky where medical records are stored ,” as one staff member said, but it’s not: It’s a movement to make healthcare more transparent “by urging doctors, nurses, therapists and others to invite patients to read the notes they write to describe a visit.” In other words, Open Notes. As one radiology journal recently pointed out, studies have linked this practice to “improvements in patients’ understanding of their health, promotion of shared decision making and patient-provider communication, and, ultimately, improvements in patient outcomes.”

How many patients does LA County DHS care for?

The nation’s second largest municipal health system, the LA County DHS cares for more than 600,000 patients annually, 80 percent of whom receive public insurance through Medi-Cal. The organization is a leader in trauma and burn care as well as chronic disease management. No one is turned away: Its doctors, nurses and other employees work around the clock to take care of patients who are low-income, uninsured, homeless, speak little or no English, and/or have disabilities or substance abuse problems.

Where was OpenNotes conducted?

In the original evaluation and demonstration study on OpenNotes, conducted at health systems in Washington, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts in 2010, researchers found physicians feared that turning over their medical notes to patients would result in an additional burden on providers.

Who was the first doctor to use OpenNotes?

Dr. Abhat was one of the very first doctors to use OpenNotes because she was part of the original pilot study on it when she was a provider at Harborview Medical Center at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Is there still a line for medical records?

There were still lines for Medical Records, but they were smaller. Meanwhile, physicians reporting hearing moving testimonies from their clientele about the new technology.

What is the Swansea Bay Patient Portal?

Online portal making a big difference to rheumatology patients - 29 June 2021 Calls to a helpline run by a Swansea Bay service have fallen dramatically as patients can now find out what they need to know for themselves.The Swansea Bay Patient Portal is a secure online record that allows people to view their blood test results and clinical documents, as well as being able to tap into a library… Read More

What is patients know best?

Interacting with Patients via Patients Know Best – A student’s experience​ - Interacting with Patients via Patients Know Best - A student's experience Leicester Medical School has been using Patients Know Best since 2014 to teach their students how to conduct online consultations as well as skills such as shared care planning and remote communication. Since 2020, students have been invited to submit reflective essays about their experience of using online tools… Read More

What is the PKB dermatology service?

Transforming the face of traditional dermatology services - The Dermatology Service at Singleton Hospital is using the PKB personal health records platform (or patient portal) to make it more convenient for patients to access ongoing care and treatment. Read More

Catalysts For Change

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Seeing The Problem from A Patient and Staff Pov

Finding What Works

Educating Patients and Staff Alike

Spreading The Word

Results

Lessons Learned

Next Steps