Credit: Getty Images. The hazards of risking a HIPAA violation by responding to a patient online are many. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed with the ...

PatientPoint, a patient engagement company, announced a partnership with MyHealthTeam, a social network company. The partnership aims to provide patients in more than 35,000 PatientPoint locations the ...

Ajay Prasad is the CEO of GMR Web Team, a full-service healthcare digital marketing agency focused on patient acquisition and retention. Healthcare consumers have always taken the time to research and ...

More patients are accessing their medical records online via patient portals or apps and are doing so more often than in years past, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT ...

If your online reviews are not reflecting your patient satisfaction levels, it’s a disservice to your practice and to patients. In a 2021 patient review survey conducted by another company I run, we ...

Four in five GP practices in England are now giving patients access to their new health records online, NHS England announced this week. The primary care access recovery plan, announced in May this ...

Most patients appreciate the speed, flexibility, and efficiency of online appointments with their GP, but some desired a return to traditional consultation methods, a study found. Online consultations ...

CD: Patients can empower themselves by keeping copies of their medical records in a nondigital form, including lists of medications, allergies and any major medical problems, should electronic health ...

Female doctor talking to a patient Patients rated female doctors more on their interpersonal skills and not much on their technical competence, a study found. Online consumer reviews in 2022 are ...

Analysis of a single-specialty practice’s scheduled appointments and reviews of physicians finds that 1-star ratings have a limited but longitudinal influence on new patient volume. Objectives: To ...