E-health: the new frontier of healthcare The use of new communication technologies in health management is labeled eHealth. It is a broad term that encompasses a broad range of phenomena, conceptions and instruments. Generally speaking, eHealth technologies such as those driven by the Internet, can enable patients to easily have access to health information and […]
PATIENT PORTALS FOR PATIENT ENGAGEMENT? OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS
I recently read the interesting review published by Taya Irizarry, Annette DeVito Dabbs, and Christine R Curran, on the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study, entitled “Patient Portals and Patient Engagement: A State of the Science Review” moved from two ambitious and tremendously useful goals: to (1) present the definition, background, and how current […]