What do patients want in a patient portal?
It contains detailed track records related to recent doctor visits, discharge summaries, medications, immunizations, and lab results. It also provides patients with convenient access to personal health information while allowing them to interact and communicate with healthcare professionals via the internet.
Why to use patient portals?
- Patient engagement: active involvement of patients in their own health care
- User perceptions: thoughts, feelings, and opinions of patients, caregivers, and health care team members about their experiences with a patient portal
- Health outcomes: impact of patient portals on clinical indicators
What are the benefits of patient portal?
With a patient portal, you can:
- Make appointments (non-urgent)
- Request referrals
- Refill prescriptions
- Check benefits
- Update insurance or contact information
- Make payments to your provider's office
- Complete forms
- Ask questions through secure e-mail
How to register for patient portal?
How to Register and Activate Your Portal Account: 1. Portal sign up can be done on a computer or mobile device. a. If using a mobile device, you must switch to full site mode to access registration. 2. Go to https://emrmail.hallmarkhealth.org a. This will launch the Patient Portal. 3. New Users: Click on the green Register and Activate Now Button
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Where is the transmit button on a test?
While viewing the visit during which you had the test (instructions above), Click “Transmit” at the top of your screen.
Do you need a patient first portal account to see lab results?
NOTICE: You must have a Patient First Portal account in order to view and/or transmit your lab results and visit information.
COVID-19 Testing
No referral, but appointment recommended. For symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals who need to be tested for COVID-19.
Telemed Visits
For anyone with urgent care needs who wishes to be seen from the comfort of their own environment.