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New law requires health care organizations give patients access to their records digitally Published: April 5, 2021 5:48 PM EDT Updated: April 6, 2021 5:52 PM EDT Recommended A new federal law goes into effect Monday requiring health care organizations to give patients access to their own records online. WINK News explains how this impacts you and why not every company was on board immediately. Cancer caught Dave DeBronkart by surprise. “They took a shoulder X-ray and said, Dude, what’s that extra thing in your lung? And it turns out, it was a tumor of kidney cancer growing near my should...

Before COVID-19, telemedicine was practiced by many health systems, but seeing patients in person was still the norm. Within a few short weeks in March 2020, health systems and practices were forced to adopt new ways of seeing patients and delivering care. Although face-to-face visits will always be a part of health care, there’s no going back, providers say.  There are still obstacles that need to be overcome — especially when it comes to insurance coverage and access. Nevertheless, the pandemic is spurring advances in delivery of patient care that might otherwise have taken yea...