Exploration of Portal Activation by Patients in a Healthcare System.

A study of patient portal utilization was conducted at a not-for-profit healthcare system in Northern Virginia. The healthcare system serves more than 2 million people each year. The encounters with the portal included 461 700 different patients occurring between July 2014 and June 2015.

Transitioning to ICD-10: Implications for nurse practitioners.

Coding patients' diagnoses and institutional procedures under the International Classification of Diseases transitioned from the ICD-9 to ICD-10, effective October 1, 2015, which has many implications for nurse practitioners.