Say what a patient portal is
Say what your clinic’s website account is for, and what is waiting inside it.
A patient portal is an account on your clinic’s website. It holds your records, your results and your messages to the office.
You reach it with an email address and a password, like any other account.
Key points
- A patient portal is an account on your clinic’s own website
- Results, messages, medications and appointments sit behind one password
What to remember
- A portal is a website, not something you buy.
- The portal holds the record. Email only points at it.
Try this
Find the portal address printed on a letter from your doctor’s office, and write it down.
Practice: Say what a patient portal is. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.