Background While individual access to health records has traditionally been through paper
and other physical media, there has been a recent push toward digitizing this process. Direct …

For the purpose of increasing patients' access to their electronic health information, the 21st
Century Cures Act requires health information technology developers (such as electronic …

US health care's rapid digitization over the past decade has enabled broad patient
electronic access to their online medical records. 1 The federal government facilitated this …

Background Health systems have recently started to activate patient-facing application
programming interfaces (APIs) to facilitate patient access to health data and other …

Background Patients are being encouraged to go online to obtain health information and
interact with their health care systems. However, a 2014 survey found that less than 60% of …

Background Mobile applications offer a new approach to personal health records, which are
internet-based tools for patients to consolidate and manage their health information. The …

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and amidst implementation of provisions in the
Cures Act Final Rule (Cures Rule), new data from the 2022 HINTS provide evidence of …

In May 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) finalized federal
rulemaking that aimed to increase the access, exchange, and use of electronic health …

Abstract Introduction The 21st Century Cures Act has expanded patients' access to portals
through smartphone applications (apps). To date, the prevalence of patient portal …

Background There are significant health technology gaps between Latinos and non-
Hispanic whites and between first-and second-generation Latinos. Objective This study …