Patient portals are designed to be tools to more fully engage patients in their health care and help enable them to better manage their own health information. ... It Takes Two to Tango: Engaging Patients and Providers With Portals PM R. 2017 May;9(5S):S85-S97. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.02.005. Authors Sachin D Shah 1 , David Liebovitz 2 ....