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, ...

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 ...

Hospitals are developing or expanding patient portals to give patients better access to their personal medical records, according to several news reports. The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical ...

There has been an industry shift to digital and its power to help patients, prompting UPMC to continually enhance the digital experience, including through its MyUPMC Patient Portal and accompanying ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The focus of most digital transformations taking place across the health industry is to make health care truly patient-centric. The rapid adoption and implementation of disruptive technologies, such ...

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 ...

The CommonWell Health Alliance, a trade association of health IT companies that has been working for the last three years to establish data interoperability between its members’ technologies, ...

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 ...