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Patient Portals: Balancing Patient Engagement and Security

March 2, 2018

It's a fine line, engaging patients through portals while placing security as a high priority. As this paper shows, combining the right technology and clear communication is an effective path to both safer data and steadier patient confidence.

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EvergreenHealth

EvergreenHealth, a public hospital district, is an integrated health care system offering a breadth of services and programs that is among the most comprehensive in the region. In addition to the 318-bed acute care hospital on EvergreenHealth’s main campus in Kirkland, which includes 24-hour Level III trauma emergency care and critical care, EvergreenHealth provides primary, urgent, and specialty care along with a 24/7 emergency department at its satellite EvergreenHealth Redmond Medical Center.

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