Variability in adolescent portal privacy features: how the unique privacy needs of the adolescent patient create a complex decision-making process

ConclusionsIn the absence of universally accepted standards, medical organizations typically undergo an arduous decision-making process to develop teen portal policies, weighing legal, economic, social, clinical, and technological factors. As a result, portal access policies are highly inconsistent across the United States and within individual states.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research