Your care provider or clinic may offer a way for you to
access your medical records and health history online. This is done through
something called a patient portal. A patient portal allows you access to your
own health records or your children’s health records and provides you with things
such as your lab results, history of office visits, medication lists,
immunizations, and a way to schedule appointments or email any questions you may
have to your physician. Patient portals may save you time when you are trying
to make appointments or get your questions answered. It also makes it easy to
access your information at any time, day or night, as long as you have an
internet connection.
Patient portals are secure and require setting up a username
and password. Your health information is encrypted and protected by the
provider. You can also protect access to
it by not sharing your password with anyone but yourself. While securely logged
in to official patient portals, you can safely send emails to your physician, which
are automatically encrypted and secure. You should not use your regular email
account for sending and receiving personal health information because it is not
encrypted and does not meet legal requirements for patient privacy.
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