That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I'll be really interested to hear how others feel!
It is amazing to me how all this talk about EHR has not sparked physicians at all to inform patients of their RIGHT to opt out.
I'll guarantee it's because they don't know that it's an option! Most of them don't even understand the intention of the portal or EHR in general.
from a different perspective. Perhaps it is because I am older..My info has been out there for years.
This is probably opening an unintended can of worms but.....(and it IS the buts that get us in trouble)While I understand the concept of a patient portal, the ONLY thing I think they should be for IS intake forms and general information. MAYBE for negative test results. I just see so many security risks in the concept that I don't like the concept. But I'm old fashioned that way.
I actually polled several of our young, tech savvy patients about patient portals and physician web sites. My main question was "Would you CHOOSE your physician (Chiro, Gyno, Surgeon,Dentis etc) based solely on their web site?" The answer was a resounding NO. It was still most important to ask their friends and family who they liked and were happy with.They did read the testimonials (but understood that web site builders often "create" testimonials), and they liked the photos of the facility and the doctor and staff, and the overall "mission statement" (I hate that term), but ultimately it's the word of mouth that was more important.