Running any medical website has all of its share of advantages and disadvantages. As optimistic as you would like to be, it would be important for you to know both sides. You might not like discussing both ways, but it’s good to know the truth. It might eliminate unnecessary frustration or anger in the future. Also, it will help you with the topic of general risk management. It doesn’t matter if you skipped your economics class because you are about to have it in the next few seconds.
Stick around and you will figure it out. It seems that the answer is obvious and hanging before your eyes. It just takes time and a little common sense, and you have it.
Pros
Compacted medical information
A medical portal is prescribed for those who are in your community and regularly come into your practice. This means that they are familiar with what you do and what you say. If that’s the case, then you can compact all new and fresh medical information to the portal. What we know is that you are an entrepreneur. And you don’t like it when you waste time. You want to be efficient and effective with your work.
Storage for all
As long as a patient is registered in your portal, he or she can access all their personal information and other user-generated content. There’s no more dreading in dusty files. All you need is to log in to the patient portal and go to the patient portal dashboard. On the dashboard, you will see an option where you can download the medical records.
You can also access filter options to sift through the pile of patient information that you have and key in details like their names and birthdates to make the process faster.
24 HOUR access
As long as you have an internet connection, phone, or/and laptop, there are no limits to where and when your medical patient portal can be accessed. Your patients can see what you’ve recently posted, comment, and review it.
Safety of the information
The question whether your personal health information is safe or not can be answered with a simple “yes”. Yes, it is safe. The Health Insurance Profitability and Accountability Act has the Security Rule to back up the reliability of health organizations with critical health data. The Security Rule is allowing “covered entities”- an adaptation of electronic information over paper processes- like computerized physician order entry systems, electronic health records, and radiology.
Cons
It ought to be mobile accessible
If your website cannot be accessed with a smartphone, it will not be client satisfactory or functional. This means that people will avoid visiting it because of all the bugs and glitches that it will have. This not should be neglected. If it is neglected, you won’t be able to reap the benefits of a medical portal.
Easy to breakdown reputation
It doesn’t take a lot to break down your medical practice. Just some words from an angry patient and a keyboard, and you are set. This means that you need to practically walk on eggshells when responding to comments. Instead of replicating the same energy, be curious about how you can solve the issue.
Security concern
Although there are clarified HIPAA regulations, medical portals are still susceptible to hacking. This is because it is a general technological interface like any other. This fact opens the door to security concerns, as personal information can be used as leverage for accessing bank accounts or even forgery or kidnapping. Despite this, the appropriate regulations have reduced risk to its minimum.