Patients Want Their Providers Online

The second-annual study from Intuit Health, the Health Care Check-Up Survey, found that 73% of Americans surveyed would use secure online tools to access lab results, request appointments, pay medical bills, and communicate with their doctor's office. CarePrecise began building web portals for healthcare providers a few years ago, and has seen a rise in interest from providers, who want to be able to point patients to written information in the controlled environment of their websites. Providers are also looking at adding scheduling applications, and some are participating in PHRs (patient health record portals). Read the Information Week article.

Three More EHRs Make the Certified List

Three more electronic health record products have received certification under the federal program: RxNT EHR from Networking Technology, PrimeSUITE 2011 from Greenway Medical Technologies, and a system designed for use in behavioral health, the Avatar 2011 from Netsmart Technology.