January 27, 2021 Integrating a dedicated patient image portal with the portal for an electronic health record (EHR) can significantly increase the number of patients who access their medical images, according to a case study published online January 23 in the
Dr. Amy Ellenbogen and colleagues at the University of Virginia Novant Health System shared how nearly sevenfold more patients began accessing their images and reports following the integration of the institution s patient imaging portal with its EHR patient portal.
The University of Virginia had offered an imaging patient portal (CareVue, Carestream Health, and then Philips Healthcare) since 2013. A few years ago, they requested that the portal be integrated with the MyChart EHR patient portal (Epic Systems).