AKRA HEALTH EMR for Patients Portal Features

The patient portal feature has been completely integrated with the electronic health record. Features that the portal allows patients to do include:

Schedule/reschedule appointments

View medical test results

View medical documents

View patient instructions for each encounter

Fill out patient forms that become incorporated for the encounter.

Message directly with the provider

Edit demographic and insurance provider information

AKRA HEALTH EMR believes in ownership of identity to the patient

Creating a patient portal account:

When a patient has an active chart, the Provider or Assistant user can do the following click on "Demographics", then "Register for Patient Portal". A unique code of numbers and letters will then displayed. This is the registration code that the patient will need to enter when he/she clicks on "Are you new to the Patient Portal" link on the Login screen. If an e-mail is saved in the patient's demographics, an email with the registration code will also be sent to the patient.

When the patient has the registration code, the patient needs to enter the last name, first name, and date of birth. All three items must match along with the registration code and CAPTCHA code for a new patient portal user to be created. The patient has a chance to enter the desired username for their account in this window. When the patient clicks "Register", they will get a chance to enter a password for their account. When the patient first logs in, they will also get to choose a secret question/answer combination in the case they forget their password and need to reset it without having to contact the Administrator user.

Patient Identity and Confidentiality:

AKRA HEALTH EMR believes in ownership of identity to the patient. Keeping that in mind AKRA HEALTH EMR would implement uPort's open identity system which is based on blockchain that would allow patients to register their own identity on Ethereum, send and request credentials, sign transactions, and securely manage keys & data.

This means the identities are fully owned and controlled by the patient, and don't rely on centralized third-parties for creation, control or validation. In the current implementation of the system this is achievable by having the mobile app act as the primary secure container for data related to your identity and for a set of keys which allow you sign transactions, grant authorization and sign credentials. The identity is anchored in the blockchain with an identifier and public data is stored in IPFS.

Please refer https://www.uport.me/ for more details