"Patient Portals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A secure online website that provides patients convenient 24-hour access to personal health information via an Internet connection.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.940.968.249.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Portals- Patient Portals
- Patient Web Portal
- Portal, Patient Web
- Portals, Patient Web
- Web Portal, Patient
- Web Portals, Patient
- Patient Internet Portals
- Internet Portal, Patient
- Internet Portals, Patient
- Patient Internet Portal
- Portal, Patient Internet
- Portals, Patient Internet
- Patient Web Portals
- Patient Portal
- Portal, Patient
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Portals" by people in Profiles.
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Disparities in Use of Patient Portals Among Adults in Family Medicine. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 May-Jun; 35(3):559-569.
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Racial Differences in Patient Portal Activation and Research Enrollment Among Patients With Prostate Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2021 06; 5:768-774.
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Online Patient Portal System to Allow Patients to Directly Communicate With Radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Jul; 16(7):999-1002.
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Patient portal adoption and use by hospitalized cancer patients: a retrospective study of its impact on adverse events, utilization, and patient satisfaction. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018 07 27; 18(1):70.
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A critical appraisal of guidelines for electronic communication between patients and clinicians: the need to modernize current recommendations. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 04 01; 25(4):413-418.