Some behavioral healthcare practices have begun advancing their patient portal and mobile app offerings. Native telehealth integration was a rarity in patient portals not too long ago. But it has ...

The design of hospital patient portals may prevent millions of people with limited English proficiency from fully ...

From pacemakers to patient portals, modern health care systems are increasingly reliant on connected technologies. However, ...

Patient portals were supposed to be healthcare’s digital front door. But what’s the use of a door if nobody opens it? After years of investments in portal technology, patient adoption remains dismally ...

Patient engagement with electronic health information through online medical records or patient portals spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, but racial and ethnic disparities persisted, according to a ...

With a meaningful use requirement for healthcare organizations to drive at least 5 percent of their patients to an online portal, KLAS finds that three vendors have more than 20 percent of their ...

A recent study published in the Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology examined EHR patient portal use and access by nephrology patients. Here are four things to know. 1. The study ...

Patient portals, online features that may allow patients to interact with healthcare providers and view their health information, may not improve clinical outcomes, reduce cost or control healthcare ...

Many older adults use various types of digital health technology, but patient portals top the list, a new survey finds. Investigators used data from the internet and phone calls conducted in 2021 that ...

The less time spent in accounts receivable, the sooner the payment becomes part of a provider’s cash flow. Now that patients’ financial responsibility for their care has grown, patient collections are ...

In simple terms, health literacy is the ability for people to find, understand and use health information to make decisions ...

I (Ailey) was in a Greek restaurant and accidentally picked up a menu written in Greek, a language I don't know. I couldn't interpret the menu. Not much later, I was trying to read a MyChart report on ...