Which record can multiple organizations access?

While a patient portal provides patients with direct access to their health information, it is primarily intended for individual use and does not facilitate access for multiple organizations. Portals typically allow patients to view and manage their own records, appointments, and communications with their healthcare providers, but do not enable inter-organizational access.

Protected Health Information (PHI) refers to any health information that can identify an individual and is protected under privacy laws. While PHI can be accessed by authorized entities, it is not a record type itself but rather a category of information that includes various records like EHRs. Therefore, it does not represent a specific record accessible by multiple organizations.

A patient health record generally refers to the overall record of an individual's health history. However, this term is often used interchangeably with personal records maintained by patients or providers and does not specifically denote a record type designed for multi-organizational access. Like PHI, it lacks the structured sharing capability inherent to EHRs.