In plain English
This means another person can use the patient's online portal account for the patient. The account is the patient's, but the user in this arrangement is someone else. It is about acting on the patient's behalf in that portal account.
In context
Here, "proxy access" names the requested arrangement for another person to use the patient's portal account on the patient's behalf.
- Situation
- Managing records, consent forms, proxies, privacy, and information release
- What it communicates
- names the portal access arrangement being requested for another person.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not identify the other person or describe any authority beyond use of the patient's portal account on the patient's behalf.
Examples
“Mina's son used proxy access to send a message through Mina's portal account on her behalf.”
“At registration, he requested proxy access to his portal account so his wife could use it for him.”