Patient Engagement Technologies

Balancing Patient Portal Privacy and Access for Pediatric Care

by Sara Heath

Patient portals are an important regulatory requirement, with industry professionals touting their ability to better engage the patient and help all participating parties manage patient health. While pediatric and adult patients tend to...

How Patient Portals Improve Patient Engagement

by Sara Heath

What are patient portals? Patient portals are an online website that is connected to the EHR, centrally focused on patient access to health data. These tools give patients a look into various data points, including lab results,...

How Patient Portals Can Produce Revenue Cycle Benefits

by Sara Heath

In order to accrue financial benefits from implementing a patient portal, healthcare organizations must understand how their customers want to use the technology and why it’s important to keep...

What are the Top Pros and Cons of Adopting Patient Portals?

by Sara Heath

Effectively using patient portals, while oftentimes an important part of increasing patient engagement, is not as simple as telling patients to use them and then seeing the healthcare benefits follow....