Study of Hospital Patient Portals Finds They Have Too Many Don'ts and not Enough Dos (IMAGE)

Regenstrief Institute

Study of Hospital Patient Portals Finds They Have Too Many Don'ts and not Enough Dos

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Regenstrief Institute research scientists Joy Lee, PhD, and Michael Weiner, M.D., MPH, conducted a study of hospital patient portals, the secure online websites that give patients access to their personal health information. Among their findings: over half of the 200 patient portals they studied lacked specific instructions on how they should be used.

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