Patient Portals - the latest, useless medical nonsense.

What portal?  Summit Health uses Athena and I've found it to be pretty good.

Agree that Athena is pretty good but I generally avoid looking at the test results they post.  I don't understand what I'm reading and when specific items are out of the normal range, it scares me.   If there is something wrong, I expect to hear from the doctor.  

Our doc uses HotDoc, I really only confirm my appointments on there.  The other nearby practice uses UpDoc which is apparently really good for Telehealth.  
I also check Medline Plus website for basic medical info - not as much as before RFK Jnr started changing definitions etc. Hope you find that helpful.

jamie said:

What portal?  Summit Health uses Athena and I've found it to be pretty good.

Atlantic's "My Chart."  When I visit a new provider and they ask for email, I explain to the clerk that I am being  treated for high blood pressure and since patient portals raise my blood pressure, It is not a good idea for me to sign up.

The clerk moves on to the next question.

When my doc left Atlantic Health, I stayed with the office so I could keep MyChart because it's so simple. So YMMV.