The American Health Information Management Association has created a patient portal toolkit providing guidance, opportunities and challenges for health information management professionals regarding ...

Stage 2 of the government’s Meaningful Use Program requires that at least 5 percent of patients view, download, and transmit their health information and send a ...

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 ...

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 ...

LMH Health, 325 Maine St., is pictured in May 2021. It never fails. You get home from an appointment with your doctor and it dawns on you that there’s one question you forgot to ask. You can’t always ...

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 ...

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 ...

MHS Genesis is the Defense Department's new electronic health records system, designed to provide a single health record for service members, veterans, and their families. It replaces the Tricare ...

Credit: Getty Images In a survey, most providers in a large integrated health system said they accepted billing for e-visits and indicated that it took little to no effort to complete. A study ...