New Patient Portal Provides a Link to Health Records.
One of the most exciting new features of our website is the addition of our patient portal. The portal provides parents a secure link to health records and the ability to communicate with us on a variety of healthcare needs. As all of us probably know, sweeping legislation enacted a number of years ago require that all healthcare providers maintain the confidentiality of patient health records. This legislation became known as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). The methods of communication that have been available to us until now (including mail, phone, fax or email) are not compliant under HIPAA regulations, since they are all subject to being compromised by a number of intentional or unintentional acts. We are therefore extremely pleased to roll out our new patient portal, which does meet the criteria of being compliant with the new healthcare regulations under HIPAA.
Once logged on to the patient portal, parents will have access to a number of health-related services including, viewing and printing an immunization record, viewing growth history, viewing any upcoming appointments, obtaining access to statements, maintaining demographic information, taking advantage of online flu clinic scheduling (when available), and given online access to secure messaging with designated members of our staff. Once registered at the new portal, if ABCD Pediatrics needs to communicate with you about medical or administrative matters, we can leave messages for you at the portal, where you can retrieve them at your convenience by logging in to your account through a unique password.
To register and take advantage of everything the portal has to offer, please send us an email to portal.central@pediatricassociates.com with the following information: patient(s) name, date(s) of birth, your name, your relationship to patient(s), and your email address. We will complete the registration process and email you a temporary password. Once you log on, the system will prompt you to create a more personalized and secure password. ABCD Pediatrics will not keep a record of this password, but it can be deleted and reset on request with proper identification. We encourage you to keep your password in a secure place, and only share it with those individuals you wish to give access to your children’s health records. We will be unable to police who can and cannot log onto the portal, so please consider your choices carefully.
If you create your own account, please be aware that you will not be able to view your children until you have contacted us via email at portal.central@pediatricassociates.com to complete the process on our end.
If you need help registering at the new portal, or if you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to portal.central@pediatricassociates.com.
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