What are your viewpoints (benefits and drawbacks) of telemonitoring and the use of patient portals?

Based off of the health care articles in this week’s’ module, in what ways are hospitals becoming more dynamic/patient-focused? What are your viewpoints (benefits and drawbacks) of telemonitoring and the use of patient portals?
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2013/07/12/hospitals-strive-to-keep-people-healthy
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2014/06/30/how-patient-portals-are-changing-health-care
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2014/09/09/hospital-of-tomorrow-will-be-dynamic-system?int=986c08
https://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2015/01/16/cleveland-clinic-other-health-systems-use-analytics-to-boost-patient-satisfaction

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