DENVER — Patient encounters via portal messages have begun to outpace face-to-face visits, yet are often uncompensated, increasing the risk for physician burnout and a worse reported work-life balance, according to a speaker.Dermatologists received an average of 49 patient portal messages per day even before the pandemic, a number that has increased by more than 50% since 2020, Lia E. Gracey Maniar, MD, PhD, FAAD, director of teledermatology and digital health strategy at Ascension Texas and assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School,