week 4 disscusion

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Miami Dade College

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You have been tasked with developing an educational program for new patients on the use of the patient portal.

  • Discuss three aspects of the portal that are essential to promote the patient engagement and use of PHR/patient portals.
  • Identify the role of health literacy, privacy, and security of PHI in your educational program.
  • Discuss the options for delivery of the program and which is your preference.

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Health Portal Comprehensive Educational Program
Essential Aspects of Patient Portals
1. Ease of Use: The design of a patient portal has to be simple and easy to use in order to
encourage patients to use it frequently. Activities like easy navigation, instructional
guides, and easy-to-use layouts help people from diverse literacy backgrounds engage
with health information. An easy-to-understand interface can ease the learning curve,
making them feel more at ease and self-assured while using the portal (Yaman et al.,
2023).
2. Access to Comprehensive Health Information: The importance lies in granting patients
direct access to their complete health information with test results and educational
resources. Medical history records together with test results and treatment plans made
accessible to patients drive both their healthcare understanding and their active
involvement in medical choices. An additional feature enables patients to check their
health advancement alongside enhanced self-health management.
3. Communication Capabilities: Patient and healthcare provider communications create a
vital foundation for patient healthcare engagement. Patients can use secured messaging
capabilities to get answers to their inquiries and ask for prescription refills along with
appointment booking and quick physician feedback. Innovative direct patient-provider
messaging strengthens their relationship resulting in improved patient health (Johnson
et al., 2023).
Role of Health Literacy, Privacy, and Security of PHI


Health Literacy: Achieving health literacy success depends heavily on patient portal
implementation. Changes in the educational design will combine resources with training
programs to support patients learning port...

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