Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region has announced the closure of its health centers in Springfield and Hamilton.

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 ...

As early as 2022, healthcare systems started charging for certain MyChart messages. A legal nurse consultant warns this is on the rise.

Use of MyChart messaging portal will come with a fee for some messages in the MultiCare network. Getty Images A Tacoma-based health care network is now charging patients for certain types of ...

As of July 1, patient messages sent through Epic System’s MyChart requiring “medical decision-making and more than five minutes of your provider’s time may be billed to you or your insurance ...

Patients will soon be able to use MyChart again for online scheduling, e-check-in, to send messages to providers, to request medication refills and to pay bills, Lurie said.

Top Videos The messaging feature within the MyChart application allows patients to contact their doctor in seconds with a flurry of thumbs across their phone screens. That open access has contributed ...

Henry Ford messages up 5.5 times over pre-pandemic levels Henry Ford Health provided data to the Free Press that illustrates the enormous rise in MyChart messages from patients seeking electronic ...

Henry Ford Health provided data to the Free Press that illustrates the enormous rise in MyChart messages from patients seeking electronic medical advice from doctors.

The volume of messages in patient portals exploded during COVID, becoming a challenge for health systems to manage.

A big change came Tuesday for some Johns Hopkins Medicine patients. The change applies to messages sent through MyChart in that certain emailed questions sent to doctors are no longer free.

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 f… ...