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  2. Electronic referrals - Wikipedia

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    Also transmission of referral information is secured, upholding Consumer privacy. Benefits can also be seen beyond the patient level, e-referrals can improve practice productivity. Documentation quality is improved by removing the use of illegible handwriting as well as poor quality faxed documentation.

  3. Patient portal - Wikipedia

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    Some patient portal applications enable patients to register and complete forms online, which can streamline visits to clinics and hospitals. Many portal applications also enable patients to request prescription refills online, order eyeglasses and contact lenses, access medical records, pay bills, review lab results, and schedule medical ...

  4. Open Referral - Wikipedia

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    Open Referral in private medical insurance refers to the practice of a General Practitioner referring patients to any consultant with a particular speciality for treatment rather than explicitly naming a specific consultant. The insurance company will then choose a consultant that has the speciality specified from an approved list that they ...

  5. Referral (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Patients can be referred to another medical clinic by request. In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician or clinic to another by request. [1] [2] Tertiary care is usually done by referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel.

  6. Personal health record - Wikipedia

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    The term "personal health record" is not new. The term was used as early as June 1978, [2] and in 1956, there was a reference was made to a "personal health log." [3] The term "PHR" may be applied to both paper-based and computerized systems; [4] usage in the late 2010s usually implies an electronic application used to collect and store health data.

  7. E-patient - Wikipedia

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    E-patients report two effects of their health research: "better health information and services, and different, but not always better, relationships with their doctors." [ 2 ] E-patients are active in their care and demonstrate the power of the participatory medicine or Health 2.0 / Medicine 2.0.

  8. eHealth - Wikipedia

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    A common example of a back-end exchange is when a patient on vacation visits a doctor who then may request access to the patient's health records, such as medicine prescriptions, x-ray photographs, or blood test results. Such an action may reveal allergies or other prior conditions that are relevant to the visit.

  9. Primary care - Wikipedia

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    The World Health Organization attributes the provision of essential primary care as an integral component of an inclusive primary healthcare strategy. Primary care involves the widest scope of healthcare, including all ages of patients, patients of all socioeconomic and geographic origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, and patients with all manner of acute and chronic physical ...