Healthcare Dive: Patient portal access spikes during pandemic, but disparities persist, study finds
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 ...
Healthcare IT News: Patient portals have benefits – but not everyone can access them
HealthLeaders Media: How Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Boosted Its Patient Portal Access
How Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Boosted Its Patient Portal Access
From 2017 to 2022, patients with better communication with providers were more likely to report being offered and accessing a patient portal, but disparities persist. Objectives: To identify the ...
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 ...
News Medical: Many older adults lack patient portal access, which could affect COVID-19 vaccine scheduling
As the vaccination of older adults against COVID-19 begins across the country, new poll data suggests that many of them don't yet have access to the "patient portal" online systems that could make it ...
Many older adults lack patient portal access, which could affect COVID-19 vaccine scheduling
The American Journal of Managed Care: Patients' Adoption of and Feature Access Within Electronic Patient Portals
We found race and age disparities not only in who adopted patient portal technology but also in which features were accessed by those who were adopters. Objectives: We describe online portal account ...
Health Affairs: Patient Portals: Improving The Health Of Older Adults By Increasing Use And Access
Patient Portals: Improving The Health Of Older Adults By Increasing Use And Access
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 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care: Provider Support Influential in Reducing Disparities in Patient Portal Use, Access
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 ...
Healio: Language barriers may limit patient portal access, cause 'significant' downstream effects
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 10% of hospital patient portals offered access in languages other than English or Spanish. Patients who ...
The BSA Health System announced Thursday it has restored access to its patient portal, MyChart. "Beginning today, patients can use MyChart to schedule or reschedule appointments, message providers, ...
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 American Journal of Managed Care: Relationships Between Patient Portal Activation and Patient Satisfaction Scores Among CG-CAHPS and HCAHPS Respondents
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 ...
Relationships Between Patient Portal Activation and Patient Satisfaction Scores Among CG-CAHPS and HCAHPS Respondents
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 ...
How Mount Sinai Is Reimagining Patient Access and Transforming Digital Access —With Choice, Security, Privacy, and Care at the Center Healthcare has entered a new era where expectations are shaped by ...
The American Journal of Managed Care: Patient-Centered Communication, Disparities, and Patient Portals in the US, 2017-2022
Healthcare IT News: Roundup: EHR vendors prioritize patient access, RCM automation and more
Electronic health record companies continue to roll out artificial intelligence tools and capabilities, with new features designed to expand patient access, reduce friction in claims processing, ...
Health Affairs: Provider Obligations For Patient Portals Under The 21st Century Cures Act
When Congress prohibited “information blocking” under the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, it made no reference to patient portals, the websites through which many health care providers share clinical ...
Healthcare Finance News: More patients requesting access to medical records, ONC says
Health Affairs: Who Isn’t Using Patient Portals And Why? Evidence And Implications From A National Sample Of US Adults
Who Isn’t Using Patient Portals And Why? Evidence And Implications From A National Sample Of US Adults
A patient portal is an internet-based platform that lets you view medical records and connect with your health care professional. When you use the portal, it means you don’t have to call the office to ...
Healthcare IT News: Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data
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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 ...