\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAn Integrated Patient portal has been selected as the nursing informatics project since patients are increasingly evolving into healthcare consumers. Patients are progressively demanding faster access to their health data and to be engaged in the decision-making process regarding their health (Han <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2019). Besides, there is an evolving trend of individuals going online to access a health provider or research a health issue and its treatment. The patient portal will become a natural extension of this evolving practice and enable patients to contact their providers easily. Furthermore, the patient portal will help obtain additional patient information that was not previously captured in a clinical visit as it will allow patients to update their profile (Griffin <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2016). This can promote better population health management and an improved way of tracking patient engagement and increase adherence to treatment plans.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nStakeholders Impacted By This Project<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nStakeholders who will be impacted by the integrated patient portal project will include patients, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, insurance providers, and the hospital’s management. Patients will be the most impacted since the project aims to enable them to access their health information, communicate with their providers, and increase their involvement in their healthcare (Han <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2019). Physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses will be impacted since the patient portal will increase their job efficiency and streamline their workflow (Griffin <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2016). The portal will make communications with their patients easier, thus increasing efficiency. Besides, the portal will save the time of filling patients’ data as they can do that on their own electronically.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe project will impact insurance providers since patients can use the portal to access their billing information and also change information on the insurance provider without much paperwork. The project is associated with better health outcomes, which means more profits for the insurance provider. Patient portals are associated with increased efficiency in the provision of health services by saving financial resources. Besides, they have the potential of improving information accuracy, reducing duplication, and cutting down on time spent on patient records, payments, and prescription refills (Griffin <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2016). Thus, the management will be impacted by this since it will reduce the hospital’s operational costs and increase the organization’s profits.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPatient Outcome the Project Is Aimed At Improving\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nThe project aims at improving health outcomes for patients, particularly those with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, and osteoarthritis. According to Griffin et al. (2016), patient-provider communication is a key aspect of improving patient care and health outcomes. The use of portals has been associated with a significant decrease in clinic visits, alterations in treatment, and better adherence to the medication regimen. The project will increase patient-provider interaction by providing an online platform for patients to interact with their providers for consultation purposes (Han <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2019). The online consultations through secure messaging will enable patients to make informed decisions about their health and increase their engagement in their health care.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe project aims at including health outcomes for patients with comorbid chronic illnesses by reducing the prevalence of complications, morbidities, and mortalities associated with the diseases. Patients with chronic diseases usually require frequent interactions with their primary providers, which becomes impossible with face-to-face interactions due to lack of time (Hefner <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2019). The integrated patient portal will enable these patients to have frequent interactions with their providers at their homes and offices’ comfort. Providers will offer consultation, modify treatments based on symptoms, and provide health education, thus improving the quality of care.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe portal will allow patients and their providers to monitor glycemic levels and blood pressure measurements by updating the daily results. Thus, the provider can make treatment decisions based on this data and provide lifestyle education accordingly (Hefner <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2019). For instance, a patient with diabetes can update her daily blood sugar levels, which can help monitor if she is achieving the desired glycemic control. If not achieved, the primary provider can modify the medication by increasing the dose and communicating with the patient via messaging to provide patient education on lifestyle modification.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTechnologies Required To Implement the Project\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nImplementation of the integrated patient portal will require various technologies to enhance its usability. A user-friendly interface will be required]to enable patients to easily access and navigate the portal (Sieck, Hefner & McAlearney, 2018). A Mobile App Combo will be needed to make it possible for users to access the portal health on their mobile devices. Additionally, digital forms will be needed to enable registration workflow by providing a simple and time-efficient method for clients to fill out their details and consents before their appointment (Sieck <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2018). API integration will also be required to allow for connection to other third-party digital solutions and medical IoT devices, such as glucose monitors, step counters, and sleep trackers. Encrypted messaging will be needed to facilitate secure, asynchronous, direct communications through messaging between a client and the primary care provider (Hefner <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2019). Furthermore, streamlined payment technologies will be required to facilitate billing queries, e-payments, insurance support, payment history, and retrieval (Sieck <\/span>et al<\/span><\/i>., 2018). These features will enable the organization to monitor and manage patient collections to boost recovery rates.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n