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patient portals ie electronic personal health records tethered institutional electronic health records recognized promising mechanism support greater patient engagement yet questions remain health care leaders policy makers designers encourage adoption patient portals factors might contribute sustained utilizationthe purposes state science review 1 present definition background current literature addresses encouragement support patient engagement patient portal 2 provide summary future directions patient portal research development meaningfully impact patient engagementwe reviewed literature 2006 2014 pubmed ovid medline psycinfo using search terms patient portal personal health record electronic personal health record final inclusion criterion dictated studies report patient experience andor ways patients may supported make competent health care decisions act decisions using patient portal functionalitywe found 120 studies met inclusion criteria based research questions explicit implicit aims studies related measures addressed studies grouped five major topics patient adoption provider endorsement health literacy usability utility discuss findings conclusions studies address five topical areascurrent research demonstrated patients interest ability use patient portals strongly influenced personal factors age ethnicity education level health literacy health status role caregiver health care delivery factors mainly provider endorsement patient portal usability also contribute patients ability engage patient portal future directions research focus identifying specific populations contextual considerations would benefit greater degree patient engagement patient portal ultimately adoption patients endorsement providers come existing patient portal features align patients providers information needs functionality