| Technology is something which has changed our | | | | schedule appointments for patients. Thanks to |
| life styles completely. Internet, mobile phone and | | | | these improvements, healthcare providers can |
| palm tops are just few examples. In many ways, | | | | better address increasing demand for healthcare, |
| technology simplifies life. At beginning, cassettes | | | | and cover the costs of new, advanced |
| were being used to store data. However, that | | | | treatments. |
| method was large, so later comes compact disks | | | | Patent portal not only facilitate doctors or |
| which were much smaller in size and could hold | | | | physician it play important role on patient end as |
| more data. Later, manufactures started to feel | | | | well. Patients get better information on |
| that there must be something which can hold | | | | treatments and on their conditions and they can |
| much more data, later they created MP3 players | | | | request prescription renewals. On-line patient portal |
| which were smaller in size and could holds large | | | | helps patients to understand their conditions |
| amount of data. | | | | better and make it easier for them to find and |
| Technology made society more informed, now | | | | talk to fellow sufferers, for example through |
| they can make quicker responses to events and | | | | on-line support groups which boost patients’ |
| trends, It sets stage for more complex learning | | | | spirits in the face of serious illness. It also reduces |
| tasks, Increases multi-tasking ,providing Global | | | | doctor visits, today patients can directly |
| networking and reduces time for things which | | | | communicate to their respective doctors on-line |
| took hours to be completed before. Online Patient | | | | and mobile tools are already opening up the |
| portal is just another innovation in technology | | | | possibility of remote diagnosis. Similar tools can |
| world. The online Patient portal enhances | | | | also enable health professionals who travel to see |
| communication between patients and health care | | | | patients to provide more sophisticated |
| providers. | | | | treatments. Online Patient portal services promise |
| It helps doctors and physicians in transmission of | | | | to raise the quality of care in remote and rural |
| medical images for diagnosis, helps in exchanging | | | | areas, thanks to modern communications |
| health services or education live via | | | | infrastructure. |
| videoconference, transmission of medical data for | | | | Patient care increased dramatically with the use |
| diagnosis ,helps them in suggesting on prevention | | | | online patient portal, what used to take a few |
| of diseases, patient monitoring and follow-ups and | | | | days for a doctor to dictate a note, get it to |
| ensure patient’s general practitioners are | | | | transcription, get it back, review it, then put it in |
| informed of the results of their referrals. Patient | | | | the chart, now took minutes. This meant that |
| portal provide services that enable more efficient | | | | decisions could be made quicker, which meant less |
| organization of resources and care provision | | | | costs overall, and much better patient care. |
| leading to greater productivity. It is easier to | | | | |