Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 280 patients who had recently started taking an oral anticancer medication to determine to what extent they used patient portals.

Patient portals can make or break a positive care experience. As the healthcare sector begins to embrace the idea of patients as consumers, having an efficient and easy to use patient portal is a ...

People who sign up for and use their healthcare provider's online portal differ in some key characteristics from those who do not use patient portals, reports a survey study in Medical Care. The ...

Access to electronic health information can be improved through provider assistance for optimal use of a patient portal. In addition, strong support from providers to use a patient portal strongly ...

Advocate Aurora Research Institute scientists are using Advocate Health Care's large, diverse patient population to study how different groups of patients are using the system's patient portal. In a ...

Patient portal use is on the rise, as more patients access their medical information online, increasingly through apps, HHS reported. Here are six things to know about patient portal adoption, ...

MHS Genesis is the Defense Department's new electronic health records system, designed to provide a single health record for service members, veterans, and their families. It replaces the Tricare ...

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 ...

It finally happened this week. One of my patients, a woman in her 40s with chronic abdominal pain, told me that she had a new companion named Astrid joining her during an office visit. But she was ...

Some UNC doctors will pilot a new AI tool to help them respond to patient messages. Getty Images/iStockphoto In the next few weeks, some UNC Health doctors will begin to use artificial intelligence to ...

Parkview Health System, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has incorporated its telemedicine programs into a larger digital health strategy aimed at meeting patients wherever they have a need for care.