More and more patients are accessing their medical records via patient portals or apps on their phones and tablets, and the frequency with which they access these records is increasing, according to a ...

More Americans are seeing medical records online without consulting with a physician first, empowering patients but also leading to misinterpretation of results, experts said.

Healthcare's drive for efficiency through automation has inadvertently led to a frustrating, impersonal system, marked by ...

More patients are accessing their own health information online now than in the past, but an assortment of obstacles still exists. (Image: Getty Images) Patients these days have an easier path to ...

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 ...

Patient data access is at an all-time high, with new data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT showing three in five patients being offered and accessing their digital health ...

During months of direct research, the Sequoia Project's Consumer Voices Workgroup facilitated discussions and polls focused on patient and provider experiences using electronic health record-based ...

Racial health disparities in patient portals utilization still vex healthcare organizations, with racial minorities not getting the most out of the technology, studies show.