Patients in the US who want to communicate with health care providers via an online portal indicate they would embrace the ability to download and share medical images and radiology reports with their physicians. This finding was part of a study of 1,000 adults conducted by IDR Medical, an international health care marketing company. Carestream Health commissioned the study to evaluate general patient opinions about using online portals.
The survey indicated 85% of respondents would like to have Internet-based access to their medical images and reports to share with other physicians, and to provide a more convenient way for them to access and store their records and their children’s records.
While age often is perceived as a hurdle to technology adoption, the survey demonstrates that only the oldest age group (71+) showed less enthusiasm to use the portal—but even in this age group 59.5% of respondents were very likely to use the portal solution.
