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 ...

Beth Cavanaugh, 79, was starting a new medication when she ran into a modern hurdle: Her doctor’s office required all follow-up questions, even those about side effects of the drug, to go through the ...

Accessing the Center for Healthy Living is easier than ever with the use of the patient portal. Via the portal, employees have the ability to quickly and easily make appointments, communicate with ...

More patients are accessing their medical records online via patient portals or apps and are doing so more often than in years past, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT ...

A banner on the Vanderbilt Health website Monday morning alerted patients and the medical community to service disruptions ...

This analysis of more than 250,000 adults at least 50 years old with chronic conditions showed lower portal use among older, non–English-speaking, and Black patients, underscoring digital health ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cooper Green Mercy Health Services has added an online patient portal messaging system to help patients navigate the ins and outs of managing their health care. The portal helps knock down barriers to ...

Digital communication provides additional channels for patients to stay connected with medical providers between ...

Patients with activated patient portal accounts report higher patient satisfaction in respective dimensions of the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS ...

Kettering Health’s online patient portal, MyChart, is back online, after nearly three weeks of being out of commission after a cyberattack took down the hospital organization’s technology systems.