Tag: medical records

Patient Portals and Patient Engagement

March 8, 2023

Patient portals are powerful tools that allow patients to access their health records and even enable appointment scheduling and communication with healthcare providers. Despite their growing importance and popularity, patient portals alone aren’t a solution for patient engagement. What is a Patient Portal? A patient portal is a secure online website that gives patients 24-hour […]

Why Are Hackers Targeting Your Medical Records?

March 2, 2017

Theft of Medical records is booming. Over the past few years, large scale breaches have become more common and increasingly severe. Last year in June, a hacker named thedarkoverlord was selling 650,000 US healthcare records as part of a long-running crime spree. The collection was listed on a deep web marketplace called the Real Deal […]