As competition from major retailers and big tech companies continues to infiltrate the marketplace, online patient scheduling options are now a must-have feature for hospitals and health systems.

From pacemakers to patient portals, modern health care systems are increasingly reliant on connected technologies. However, ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER — Starting Friday, Aug. 18, Mayo Clinic will begin charging patients for some online conversations with their health care provider. "This change recognizes that the way patients are choosing ...

The practice of medicine is in the midst of a fundamental transformation based on the new availability of health information through the Internet and other sources accessible by the broad lay public, ...

Nearly every patient wants to see their lab test results as soon as possible, even if their provider has not yet reviewed the results, according to new data in a new study. In a survey of 8,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When we talk about "patient engagement" in research, it can sound like a slogan on a grant application rather than something ...

Patients are using new online booking forms to report potentially life-threatening conditions in a major risk to safety, GPs warn. An updated NHS contract that came into effect on October 1 means ...

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently imposed a $50,000 civil monetary penalty on a dental practice that disclosed patient-identifying information in response to a negative online review. The ...