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 ...

Editor’s Note: This article is the second in an occasional series that will be published over the next year on Health Affairs Blog responding to and reflecting on the latest findings of the University ...

The design of hospital patient portals may prevent millions of people with limited English proficiency from fully ...

As an electronic technician for the U.S. Postal Service, Sharon Gourdine sometimes works unusual hours making it tough to schedule doctor appointments. But now, the Greenville woman can use an online ...

A new survey of teen patients with cancer and their parents sheds light on a source of friction in adolescent oncology: How much access should parents have to their child’s patient portal? While ...

New poll data indicates that revenue cycle leaders should encourage older adults to set up online patient portal accounts or allow proxies to do so for them. Hospitals that use patient portals for ...

You must use the Patient Portal (not email) for any confidential communication with health care providers and nurses at Student Health Services. Through the Patient Portal, you can also view and print ...

A study of the use of patient portals among older Americans found clear disparities in the registration and use of this technology. The results were published in the Journal of the Americans Medical ...

Denise L. Anthony ([email protected]) is a professor of health management and policy and of sociology in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, ...