Background Patient portals provide patients with the tools to better manage and understand
their health status. However, widespread adoption of patient portals faces resistance from …

Background The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
Act imposes pressure on health care organizations to qualify for “Meaningful Use”. It is …

Background: Modern information technology is changing and provides new challenges to
health care. The emergence of the Internet and the electronic health record (EHR) has …

Background Patient portals are becoming increasingly popular worldwide even though their
impact on individual health and health system efficiency is still unclear. Objective The aim of …

Background The United States government is encouraging physicians to adopt patient
portals—secure websites that allow patients to access their health information. For patient …

Background Patient portals (ie, electronic personal health records tethered to institutional
electronic health records) are recognized as a promising mechanism to support greater …

This systematic review describes characteristics of portal users and their perceptions of this
emerging technology. Recent empirical evidence (2010-2016) was reviewed to answer …

Background Engaging patients in the delivery of health care has the potential to improve
health outcomes and patient satisfaction. Patient portals may enhance patient engagement …

Background Patient portals not only provide patients with access to electronic health records
(EHRs) and other digital health services, such as prescription renewals, but they can also …

Background The number of patient portals is rising, and although portals can have positive
effects, their implementation has major impacts on the providing health care institutions …