Beth Cavanaugh, 79, was starting a new medication when she ran into a modern hurdle: Her doctor’s office required all follow-up questions, even those about side effects of the drug, to go through the ...

More patients are accessing their medical records online via patient portals or apps and are doing so more often than in years past, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT ...

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 ...

Patient portal use is on the rise, as more patients access their medical information online, increasingly through apps, HHS reported. Here are six things to know about patient portal adoption, ...

A banner on the Vanderbilt Health website Monday morning alerted patients and the medical community to service disruptions affecting the MyHealth patient portal and telehealth appointments.

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 ...

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 ...

To track the use of web-based patient portals and smartphone applications by patients seeking their health information, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released an analysis ...

AI can summarize and simplify complex medical information and enable patients to ask questions to quickly get information, such as the results of a recent lab test The AI-powered patient portal is ...

Patients often wonder why they have to repeat information already in the chart. The answer reveals why AI may become essential to modern medical care.

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 ...

AI can summarize and simplify complex medical information and enable patients to ask questions to quickly get information, such as the results of a recent lab test ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 10, 2025 ...