Search Tag: patient portals
2025 09 Apr
The expansion of electronic health records has facilitated wider use of patient portals to enhance engagement and transparency in healthcare. Legislative requirements now oblige providers to offer patients immediate access to their laboratory test results via these digital platforms. While this initiative aligns with patient-centred care goals, concerns...Read more
2024 30 May
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed a significant shift in healthcare delivery, prompting institutions like Geisinger, based in Danville, Pennsylvania, to innovate rapidly. Geisinger responded to the surge in demand for behavioral health services by leveraging telemedicine, particularly crucial for their predominantly rural patient population....Read more
2024 30 May
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed a significant shift in healthcare delivery, prompting institutions like Geisinger, based in Danville, Pennsylvania, to innovate rapidly. Geisinger responded to the surge in demand for behavioral health services by leveraging telemedicine, particularly crucial for their predominantly rural patient population....Read more
2024 30 May
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed a significant shift in healthcare delivery, prompting institutions like Geisinger, based in Danville, Pennsylvania, to innovate rapidly. Geisinger responded to the surge in demand for behavioral health services by leveraging telemedicine, particularly crucial for their predominantly rural patient population....Read more
2024 30 May
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed a significant shift in healthcare delivery, prompting institutions like Geisinger, based in Danville, Pennsylvania, to innovate rapidly. Geisinger responded to the surge in demand for behavioral health services by leveraging telemedicine, particularly crucial for their predominantly rural patient population....Read more
2021 02 May
A new study analyses the impact of outpatient portal use on how patients use an inpatient portal depending on their previous experience and the overall ability to use technology for health management. You might also like: Electronic patient portals (ePortal) enable patients and care-partners (eg, family members) to securely access...Read more
2020 05 Jun
Online patient portals help healthcare providers to reduce the time patients spend in the facility and to cut medical costs, a new study shows. You might also like: Patient responsibility for following up on test results The study , conducted by The University of Texas at Austin and published in June 2020 issue of MIS Quarterly...Read more
2019 07 May
The shift to structured radiology reports has increased report clarity for referring providers and is supported by most radiologists. As the movement for increased transparency in healthcare continues, more and more patients are accessing their imaging reports via patient portals. When radiologists address the clinical question that was posed,...Read more
2018 25 Jan
Th e r e i s n o “ o n e - s i z e - f i t s - a l l ” a p p r o a c h t o p a t i e n t po r t a l s. With the Eu r opean Commission's eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 f or wide digital health imple mentation...Read more