March 12, 2024 - Healthcare’s biggest patient safety threats for this year run the gamut of workforce concerns to patient access to maternal and perinatal care and all the way down to new health IT use, according to ECRI, a patient safety organization.
The 2024 list of 10 patient safety concerns spotlights challenges transitioning new clinicians from academic...
March 8, 2024 - It’s getting increasingly common for healthcare providers to bill for patient portal messages, and it’s leaving some patients on the hook for an out-of-pocket bill, albeit the bill is nominal.
According to an analysis from the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, the bill for a patient portal message can reach up to $25...
March 5, 2024 - The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased patient portal use and reduced age- and sex-based utilization disparities, but there are still differences in how often people of certain races and health literacy levels use the technology, according to a JAMA Network Open study.
The study, completed by researchers from Rush University Medical Center and...
March 4, 2024 - OpenNotes, the patient advocacy group that’s historically led the charge for better patient data access, is dipping its toes in the AI waters with OpenNotes Labs, an initiative to understand how artificial intelligence fits into the patient experience.
Unveiled at the 2024 ViVE event, OpenNotes Labs said it aims to assess how AI will augment...