As medicine leans harder on electronic portals and telehealth, these patients are finding themselves shut out of their own ...

Q: Why does my doctor want me to use the "patient portal?" A: Fun fact: Medical records date back to hieroglyphic inscriptions found as early as 3,000 B.C. Paper medical records began filling filing ...

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 ...

A study published this week in Kidney Medicine found that although electronic health record portals are increasingly emphasized in chronic kidney disease treatment, interventions are needed to ensure ...

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 ...

Patient portals are often touted as a tool to improve patient engagement by giving patients digital access to their health records and ways to communicate with their care team. But merely providing ...

More and more patients are accessing their medical records via patient portals or apps on their phones and tablets, and the frequency with which they access these records is increasing, according to a ...

There's been a crucial shift toward active, ongoing self-management of health and wellness among patients, according to the U.S. Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy ...

Communication in oncology was challenging long before the emergence of the US 21st Century Cures Act. Before 2021, a growing body of evidence had demonstrated the benefits of patients' access to and ...

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 ...

Substantial policy effort has been directed at improving patients’ ability to access and use electronic health records. Using nationwide data from 2,410 hospitals for the period 2014–16, we examined ...

A new survey of teen patients with cancer and their parents sheds light on a source of friction in adolescent oncology: How much access should parents have to their child’s patient portal? While ...