Patient portals can centralize patient care, acting as a hub for staff, practitioners and patients. For some practices, the right patient portal may be transformative toward offering ...

Additionally, patients with graduate degrees were more likely to register for portals than patients with no more than a high school education, at 68.4 percent and 29.2 percent, respectively.

As part of its research for the report "Patient Portals 2015: Adoption beyond Meaningful Use," KLAS interviewed 186 healthcare provider organizations to determine which vendors have proven to best ...

2. Of these 2,803 patients, 39 percent used the patient portal. Of the patients who accessed the portal: • 87 percent reviewed laboratory results • 85 percent reviewed medical information ...

Among 81.4% of those using technology, 64.5% used patient portals, 49.1% utilized telehealth and 44% used mobile applications.

A cloud-based platform helps health care centers identify patients who are overdue for routine cancer screening and aids with ...

Previous research shows that health care providers’ efforts to offer and encourage portal use play an important role in facilitating patient access to portals. 10-12 One possible underlying ...

Older Americans are increasingly likely to log into "patient portals" to access their healthcare information -- but confidence levels vary. About 78% of people aged 50 to 80 now use at least one ...

Optimizing hybrid applications for patient portals involves not only the technical expertise to manage complex infrastructures but also a creative approach to employing emerging technologies.

Ochsner Health’s MyOchsner portal allows patients to schedule visits, interface and coordinate with their healthcare team, and request prescription refills in addition to paying their bills.

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 ...

Billing for patient portal messaging became a hot topic late last year when Cleveland Clinic started charging up to $50 for messages meeting similar criteria to UCSF Health’s e-visits.