Key Considerations for Patient Data Access, Patient Engagement
Most experts agree that patient data access is crucial for strong patient engagement. Although most patient engagement strategies also incorporate principles of patient-centered care, patient education, and social determinants of health,...Parental Patient Portal Use Rate in Pediatrics Lower than 50%
Only around 43 percent of parents or guardians use the patient portal to manage their child’s health, representing a pretty serious lapse in patient engagement, according to a new survey from the...Why Patient Portal Proxy Accounts Are Key for Dementia Patients
It could be useful for providers treating patients with dementia to encourage their care partners to create their own patient portal proxy accounts, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine research note...$800K in Grants to Help Clinics with Patient Access to Clinical Notes
A nearly $800,000 grant package from NYHealth and OpenNotes is set to help primary care providers and federally qualified health centers in expanding patient access to clinical notes, the organizations...Patient Portal Utilization Growing Among Older Adults
Patient portal utilization is growing among older adults, according to Michigan Medicine data, but there’s still room to close the digital divide across sociodemographics. Over the past five...ChatGPT Continues to Prove Useful for Patient Education
More evidence is emerging that ChatGPT, a conversational generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, can effectively answer patient questions, this time out of Massachusetts General...YouTube Changes Medical Information Guidelines for Eating Disorder Content
YouTube is retooling how it presents medical information on social media by outlining new content policies for videos about eating disorders, the company’s director and head of YouTube Health...Patient Portal Messages Need Streamlined Delivery for Patient Activation
The patient portal might be too clunky or onerous to be useful in closing care gaps, with new research finding that patient portal messages didn’t do much to get patients in for preventive...Patients OK Test Results Via Patient Portal Even Without Doc Counsel
Nearly every patient would rather get their test results via the patient portal, even if their provider hadn’t reviewed those results yet, according to new data from OpenNotes. The report,...Health Literacy Doesn’t Stand in the Way of Patient Data Access
Patient data access and open notes are nearly universally appreciated by patients, with a new survey from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which was obtained via email, showing that concerns about...Features to Build Consumer Trust in Patient Data Sharing
Patients are interested in sharing their own medical information, so long as that patient data sharing comes with features like informed consent, transparency, and consumer oversight, according to a...Most Popular YouTube Health Videos Might Contain Medical Misinformation
There’s some good medical information on consumer-facing social media platforms like YouTube, but those aren’t the ones most people are viewing, according to researchers from Brigham and...Sponsored Article
Building the Digital Front Door to Meet Consumer, Provider Needs
Note: Portions of this article have been updated for clarity. Healthcare doesn’t just happen Monday through Friday between the hours of nine to five. Patients seek it on the weekends, after they...The Sequoia Project Homes in on Patient Data Access, Consumer Voices
The Sequoia Project is getting into the patient data access game, with the organization announcing the Consumer Voices Workgroup to get insights for patients, caregivers, and care partners about how...94% of Patients Want Patient Education Content, But a Third Don’t Get It
Nearly everyone wants patient education materials from their healthcare providers, but only two-thirds are actually getting them, according to new data from Wolters Kluwer Health. That leaves some...Sponsored Article
How Technology Streamlines Referral Management, Specialty Care Access
On paper, the patient referral process can sound almost like a prescription. One biopsy. One second opinion. One visit to a specialist. In reality, referral management is a logistical and patient...50% of Patients Forget Treatment Plans, Need Better Patient Education
Despite near-universal confidence, patients are forgetting most of the key information following an inpatient hospital stay, leading experts from the University of Michigan School of Medicine to call...Sponsored Article
