Patient portal adoption among healthcare organizations is growing, in part because of the Stage 2 meaningful use requirements for patient engagement and in part because an increasing number of ...
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 ...
HENDERSON, N.C. (WNCT) Mako Medical is partnering with Luminate Health to launch a patient portal which offers rapid, real time COVID-19 results. That means patients can get their results right as ...
Requesting a doctor appointment, printing out immunization records and looking over lab results can now be done from anywhere at any time thanks to new technology at Island Hospital. The patient ...
Many of us look forward to a time when the experience of interacting with our health care providers will be as consumer-friendly and technology-enabled as, for example, using an ATM or Uber. The ...
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Can Smart Computers Help Us With Patient Follow-Up?

We can still be in charge of patient care, but maybe we could use help explaining options ...
(HealthDay News) — Patients want portals that include features such as appointment scheduling, viewing test results, and checking prescription refills, and are frustrated with unresponsive staff and ...
Cooper Green Mercy Health Services has added an online patient portal messaging system to help patients navigate the ins and outs of managing their health care. The portal helps knock down barriers to ...
MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – In this time of social distancing and self-isolation in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19, we strongly encourage that all of our ...
Communication in oncology was challenging long before the emergence of the US 21st Century Cures Act. Before 2021, a growing body of evidence had demonstrated the benefits of patients' access to and ...
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 ...