Patient Portals - the latest, useless medical nonsense.
What portal? Summit Health uses Athena and I've found it to be pretty good.
Agree that Athena is pretty good but I generally avoid looking at the test results they post. I don't understand what I'm reading and when specific items are out of the normal range, it scares me. If there is something wrong, I expect to hear from the doctor.
Our doc uses HotDoc, I really only confirm my appointments on there. The other nearby practice uses UpDoc which is apparently really good for Telehealth.
I also check Medline Plus website for basic medical info - not as much as before RFK Jnr started changing definitions etc. Hope you find that helpful.
jamie said:
What portal? Summit Health uses Athena and I've found it to be pretty good.
Atlantic's "My Chart." When I visit a new provider and they ask for email, I explain to the clerk that I am being treated for high blood pressure and since patient portals raise my blood pressure, It is not a good idea for me to sign up.
The clerk moves on to the next question.
When my doc left Atlantic Health, I stayed with the office so I could keep MyChart because it's so simple. So YMMV.
They are presented as a link to viewing your latest health information.
So ya open up the link, waste time trying to remember your login info and BEHOLD ! A screen full of Latin words and related numbers - as useless as the Fox channel on my TV.
What we need instead, are brief statements to interpret the data for us:
Like - Ok to go roller skating today.
or,
"Better stay in bed.
or,
"You're ....d"