Eighty-four percent of people say their doctor’s offices have a patient portal, according to a new survey commissioned by eClinicalWorks and conducted online by Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. adults, in March 2015.
Of those whose doctors do have a patient portal, adults age 55+ (61%) are more likely to access their health information via this tool than adults age 18-54 (45%).
eClinicalWorks® has released an infographic on the study results, which also examines wearable use, online patient scheduling and physician-patient communication via online portals.
The world of digitally enabled care is exploding: the number of patients using telehealth services will rise to 7 million in 2018, according to IHS Technology; healthcare apps and ‘wearables’ are trending in technology circles and healthcare providers’ offices; and CMS’s new ‘Next Generation ACO’ model is expected to favor expanded telehealth coverage.
2015 Healthcare Benchmarks: Telehealth & Telemedicine delivers actionable new telehealth metrics on technologies, program components, successes and ROI from 115 healthcare organizations. This 60-page report, now in its fourth year, documents benchmarks on current and planned telehealth and telemedicine initiatives, with historical perspective from 2009 to present.
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