The new software features a self-service portal that lets any user create an account, set up the amount of storage they need, and then start uploading files via the cloud with just a few clicks.

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While these students will, no doubt, receive the email reminder they should also, in this new socially connected business, be able to view the course and their classmates on a self-service web portal that draws on the data from the HR system.

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Recently published data by the Lund Report indicates that Kaiser patients enrolled in their patient portal, which includes secure messaging with doctors, access to clinical data, and self-service transactions, are 2.6 times more likely to stay with the organization than those who are do not participate online (see more on avoiding system leakage in ACOs here).

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