Teaching patients how to access a patient portal and its role in their post-discharge care increases engagement during and after hospitalization. It also improves patient experience, a new JAMIA study ...

DARTMOUTH — From e-mail and smartphones to social media, the way we communicate with each other constantly evolves. But the exchange between patients and doctors has generally been stuck in the 20th ...

Seventeen percent of respondents who don’t use online portals said they haven’t adopted them due to security concerns. Online portals can help patients keep track of their medical information, like ...

A recent study led by researchers revealed gaps in the accessibility of online health care portals for those lacking English ...

Stage 2 of the government’s Meaningful Use Program requires that at least 5 percent of patients view, download, and transmit their health information and send a ...

The focus of most digital transformations taking place across the health industry is to make health care truly patient-centric. The rapid adoption and implementation of disruptive technologies, such ...

One patient who had to sign a paper copy of a genetic testing consent form. Several patients who had to sign a printed ...

Directly discussing online portals with patients in the primary care setting may help increase patients’ portal use, according to a study in Annals of Family Medicine. Researchers studied the ...

The statement that patients like viewing their lab test results online might seem like a given. Duh — not getting test results quickly enough is one of patients’ biggest gripes about doctor’s visits.

WICHITA COUNTY, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls–Wichita County Public Health District has made two major announcements ...

An early adopter of patient-provider electronic communication billing saw a decline in the number of messages received from patients after implementing a workflow change in which its clinicians ...

Anyone who had an active patient portal account between Dec. 29, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2024, may be eligible for a $17 payout.