I really like the online portals, in the Carolinas most all use "MyChart" by Epic and they can access and get your medical records from other providers pretty much hassle free with no paperwork involved. We recently moved and I downloaded 480 pages of my medical records to a drive at home so I would always have them, AMAZING seeing the doctors side of test results.
Last Dr appt in our new area I printed out 14 pages of tests and procedures done by another medical network hundreds of miles away that I knew he would find helpful. He did find it helpful and kept them. During that appt he actually showed me his computer screen that some stuff was already populating. 4 days later I found ALL my medical records now on the new medical providers "MyChart"
I didnt have to lift a finger.
I love the pre-check in as well. I no longer have to fill out paperwork when I arrive for an appt and any meds I take are in there too.
I do get the part of some of the questions are crazy, some are prying to establish if you are in a state of depression.
The firearm one I think is Uncle Sam requirements (not sure) Anyway, what I am saying, if uncomfortable answering those types of questions, dont but the alcohol, illegal drugs, sex ect is health related, yet if uncomfortable lie. Most dont I would think but what do I know.
Talking about "My Chart" another nice thing is any meds are listed in there, your doctors ect. Lets say you think you are feeling something, like with your heart but its not something you at that point think its important but you dont know because you are not a Dr, you can message the doctor and someone will reply in 48 hours or less. I sent over a dozen ECG read outs from my Apple Watch to my Cardiologist office, recordings from the middle of the night when I experienced a racing heart. They would look them over and decide if it was life threatening. Because of those read outs, some time later, they had me come in for more tests and hooked up a 48 hour monitor to my chest, it was those results that successfully ended in a cardiac ablation, problem solved since Nov 2022