Patient Portals

A patient portal expert answers this common question voiced by medical practices, and three others about portal implementation and use.

Getting your patients to use your patient portal may not be as hard as you think. Here's why.

North Carolina-based Novant Medical Group is like a lot of medical practices: It has attested to Stage 1, but it is bracing for Stage 2 hurdles.

Technology is an important factor in improving the way you care for your patients. Unfortunately too many practices fail to use it to communicate with them.

Here are 10 time-saving apps and technology tips that can make your personal and professional life easier.

Here are five best practices for your medical practice to get patients to embrace and fully utilize their personal health record through a patient portal.

On this Thanksgiving Day, Missouri family man Tom Smith expresses gratitude for his physician's patient portal.

At Northwest Primary Care Group in Oregon, they've implemented some strategies and best practices to get patients engaged via their portal. Here are some tips.

MGMA consultant Rosemarie Nelson offers dozens of suggestions on how practices can get the most out of today's technology.

Technology can help medical groups accommodate more patients, in addition to improving efficiency and outcomes.

How does your technology use compare to practices of similar sizes? Here's your chance to find out.

Which tools are your peers buying and how are they using them? Our 2013 Technology Survey has the answers.

To charge or not to charge for portal use is a hotly debated topic among physicians. What to consider.

Before attempting to attest for Stage 2, make sure your practice has checked off these must-do items.

From cloud-based computing to patient portals, here’s what, technology-wise, made a big bang in physician practices nationwide.

Achieve meaningful use, increase profitability, and improve quality care with your patient portal.

Is your practice's website easy on the eyes? Read these tips for improving it.

What tech tools are other practices using? What would they pass up if they had a do-over? Help us to help you find out by completing our 2013 Technology Survey.

Websites are no longer optional for medical practices, so here's a primer on how to make the best online first impression.

Imagine a way to reduce denied claims, have accurate patient information, and speed up the paperwork process. It exists, so why isn't it in your medical practice?

Having a tough time deciphering what the Stage 2 requirements seek to meet meaningful use? Here's a plain talk description of each rule and useful advice.

Study of 1,100 U.S. patients revealed the majority love using technology to improve their own health and connect with doctors.

As patient portal implementation picks up at practices, physicians must get on board, say health IT experts

Your front-desk staff is underappreciated but crucial to your success. Arm them with these high-tech helpers to get their jobs done right without burning out.

Even if you've had a site for years, it's worth reevaluating what information lives there and update it from time to time.

While practices are using patient portals to show meaningful use of EHRs, they can also help increase practice efficiency and improve the quality of care.

Patient portals can offer better customer service and care, but only if you can get your patients to use it. We examine the pros and cons of jumping on the portal bandwagon.

Meeting meaningful-use requirements for EHRs will demand interoperability between data systems. Do you have a strategy for connecting online with pharmacies, labs, other physicians, and patients? Here’s our primer for achieving connectivity and meaningful use.