Fake patient portal scam can steal your login and infect your PC

If you have ever checked a lab result or sent your doctor a message online, you may already know MyChart. It is a widely used patient portal from Epic that hospitals and medical practices use to give patients online access to health information and care teams. That growing reliance on patient portals caught the attention of Mary M. She recently wrote to us after hearing from her primary care physician, or PCP, and several specialists about moving more of their patient communication online. "I ju