5 reasons patients use patient portals

In 2013, about three in 10 patients were offered online access to their medical record. About half of those patients offered access logged on at least once, according to a news brief from the ONC.

The patients who did access their records online did so for a variety of reasons. According to a survey of 384 patients who did log on to a patient portal, the most common uses of the portal include:

  • Monitor health (checking test results or medications): 73 percent
  • Share health information with a third party, such as another provider or a family member: 44 percent
  • Download the information to a personal computer or mobile device: 39 percent
  • Send the information to an app or another personal health record: 11 percent
  • Find errors/request corrections to medical information: 10 percent

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