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 ...

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 ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

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 ...

Telemedicine use in the United States surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by the urgent public health need for social ...

Electronic patient portals are a convenient way to access medical records and connect with doctors, but older adults tend to have trouble using these systems, a new report finds. A team from the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — When you write your doctor through an online patient portal, do you remember to address them as "Doctor"? For nearly one-third of all messages sent from Mayo Clinic patients to ...

Billing for certain patient portal messages was associated with a modest decrease in message volume in a large health system, researchers found. In the 6 months after starting to bill for some ...

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.

Are you thinking about asking your doctor a question through your online patient portal? At the University of Michigan Health and a growing number of hospitals across the U.S., it could cost you. U-M ...