Objectives We conducted a systematic review to determine the effect of providing patients
access to their medical records (electronic or paper-based) on healthcare quality, as defined …

Missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis can lead to inappropriate patient care, poor patient
outcomes, and increased cost. This systematic review analyzed evaluations of interventions …

Objective Online portals provide patients with access to their test results, but it is unknown
how patients use these tools to manage results and what information is available to promote …

An important focus for meaningful use criteria is to engage patients in their care by allowing
them online access to their health information, including test results. There has been little …

Worldwide, governments and healthcare systems are moving towards increased
transparency to improve care quality, increase patient engagement, and decrease costs. For …

Context Failure to notify patients of test results is common even when electronic health
records (EHRs) are used to report results to practitioners. We sought to understand the …

Objectives: To review the potential contribution of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) to enable patient-centric and coordinated care, and in particular to explore …

Background: The use of communication apps on mobile phones offers an efficient,
unobtrusive, and portable mode of communication for medical staff. The potential …

Timely and accurate communication is essential to safe and effective health care. Despite
increased awareness over the past decade of the frequency of medical errors and greater …

Patient portals are designed to be tools to more fully engage patients in their health care and
help enable them to better manage their own health information. As the US health care …