title: "Patient Portals" and "E-Visits".
abstract: "Patient Portals" enable patients to review their medical record and add information to it. Clinics are using "E-Visits" to substitute for a face-to-face office visit. This article describes the experience of one healthcare system with "Patient Portals" and "E-Visits."
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Bedford, NH 03110, USA. Barbara.A.Walters@Hitchcock.ORG
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009513:New Hampshire; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States