Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of Rochester Medical Center has announced that starting next week, patients who use MyChart, an app that allows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a Wednesday, and I’m sending a question to my doctor through the messaging portal they encourage us to use. I receive a ...

Cleveland Clinic CIO Sarah Hatchett says billing for MyChart messages hasn't reduced inbox volume, but the health system still sees the policy as worthwhile.

Patients who ask for their doctors’ help through online portals might soon notice something new: fees for their physicians’ online advice. A growing number of health systems in the Chicago area and ...

AnMed is restoring systems after a cyberattack. Patients should bring medications to appointments as outages persist.

As early as 2022, healthcare systems in the United States started charging for certain MyChart messages. Legal nurse consultant Cambria Nwosu warns that this phenomenon may be on the rise. Featured ...

Major primary care provider Central Ohio Primary Care is now charging fees for certain messages sent via patient portals like MyChart. These fees, often applied to messages requiring medical expertise ...

WASHINGTON — The next time you message your doctor to ask about a pesky cough or an itchy rash, you may want to check your bank account first — you could get a bill for the question. Hospital systems ...

Starting Wednesday, patients at Johns Hopkins Medicine will sometimes be charged for asking their physicians for advice through the online patient portal, MyChart. While most messages will remain free ...

When Cleveland Clinic said in 2022 it would charge patients up to $50 for sending certain MyChart messages to their physicians, many in the healthcare industry took notice. And suddenly hospital ...

A Tacoma-based health care network is now charging patients for certain types of online portal messaging with providers, joining other systems that started the practice during the pandemic. MultiCare ...

Patients who ask for their doctors’ help through online portals might soon notice something new: fees for their physicians’ online advice. A growing number of health systems across the country are now ...