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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 ...

The use of patient portals that provide access to electronic health records (EHRs) has dramatically increased in the past several years, and patients whose healthcare practioner encouraged them to use ...

Epic with Louisiana providers to enable MyChart access for all of its 2.5 million patients in the state, while athenahealth and WellSky invested in administrative artificial intelligence for home ...

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 ...

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 ...

One exec made it his mission to increase patient portal usage with the help of point-of-contact staff. Patient portals have become an important part of the revenue cycle front end. Aside from ...

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 ...

Lack of awareness and the digital divide have been noted as leading factors that keep patients from reviewing their clinical notes, according to an April 7 Journal of the American Medical Association ...

Big Decisions on Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Focus on Clinical Care Updates and Patient Perspectives Communication in oncology was challenging long before the emergence of the US 21st Century Cures Act.

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health began notifying 4,318 patients of a data breach in their Epic MyChart patient portal. Between April 20 and May 4, an investigation identified unauthorized access to ...