The convenience in using the patient portal is one of the prominent parts in improving the patient engagement with the health care portal. But at the same time the effort in making the patient engage with the portal is not as simple as we think, and so it definitely holds a bunch of pros and cons.

In fact pushing the patient to get adapted with the technology is really challenging and the caliber of the provider can be strongly established by making the patient live in all stages of the treatment. Anyhow by scanning the route of the patient engagement portal, it is sure that the providers can discrete a lot between the pros and cons of the portals.

Let us start out with the pros of the portal

Lively communication with patients

It is understood that the usual objective regarding the portal among the local audience is the effectiveness in communication. And again the pro factor of the facility is further doubled with its extensive support with the seriously ill patients. In a way the portable facility reduces the difficulty of chronically ill patient for visiting the doctor’s office or making phone calls for slight doubts, instead the message function completes the process quite easily.

In addition the general perception, many studies has been conducted on behalf of different health care centers and upon that the effectiveness of the online portal in managing chronically ill patient, their concerns showed an appreciable improvement of 10 %. The facility of providing remainders, as well as the convenience for the patient to have thorough discussion regarding the disease management has reported a safe hike in patient health attendance.

Transparency with the information related to the patient

In earlier days the patient used to follow the doctors direction blindly without knowing what is there behind each instruction they make. But now every report is available to the patient, with unrestricted access to the authorized ones. This makes things really simpler for the patients to reaching out on a confident conclusion regarding their treatment, can even export the documents if they require the consent from a more experienced doctor.

In case of any discrepancies in the report, the patient can identify it easily and of course take it to the provider or the physician for further clarification. This kind of approach can improve the quality in providing treatment; however the facility of making self-modification in the report is not allowed and is definitely an advantage at the same time.

An authority over their own treatment with respect to information sharing   

One of the rare benefits of the portal is that, it gives the patient the authority to double check the development in treatment at each stage and of course gets more confidence by updating their own treatment schedule. This kind of approach makes the patient feel like a partner in their own treatment rather than becoming an idle figure by simply receiving the advises. Based on the studies it has been concluded that patient who have access to their treatment report are having better concern over their health care.

In fact, the portal reveals the patient interest over their health information and how keen they are in utilizing the report for future well-being. Many discussions are conducted, that further add on the knowledge of the patient regarding adequate caring steps, directly from the doctor through the online portal. Here everyone in the treatment circle, including the patient, will have an access to different treatment stage that reduces the possibility of confusion. In a way transparent mode of treatment makes the patient get accustomed to their schedule and change from the previous life style.

Even though all such advantages are guaranteed with the online portal health facility, the darker side is traced once the patient goes for a stubborn stand of making self-decision regarding their health condition. In many cases, the decision went wrong and so the after effect was so terrible. Apart from that, security issues may also peek out and so steps must be taken to safeguard the portal database from the hackers. However, if handled with safe future instinct, it is going to be the best thing that can manage the challenges related to health.