From patient portals and text messages to wearable devices and artificial intelligence, digital health technologies are becoming a significant part of medical care. But technology alone isn't enough ...

This analysis of more than 250,000 adults at least 50 years old with chronic conditions showed lower portal use among older, non–English-speaking, and Black patients, underscoring digital health ...

Some behavioral healthcare practices have begun advancing their patient portal and mobile app offerings. Native telehealth integration was a rarity in patient portals not too long ago. But it has ...

Health literacy plays a key role in patient engagement, and it may contribute to wider health disparities among older adults. A study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

York-based WellSpan has announced that its nationally recognized MyWellSpan patient portal and application has surpassed one ...

Picture this: You've just finished your annual doctor's appointment. You feel good, and the routine tests your doctor ...

I (Ailey) was in a Greek restaurant and accidentally picked up a menu written in Greek, a language I don't know. I couldn't interpret the menu. Not much later, I was trying to read a MyChart report on ...