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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedLyles CR, Allen JY, Poole D
"I want to keep the personal relationship with my doctor": Understanding barriers to portal use among African Americans and Latinos.
The investigators sought to understand specific barriers to portal use among African American and Latino patients at Kaiser Permanente, which has had a portal in place for over a decade. Their findings suggest that uniform adoption of portal use across diverse patient groups requires more usable, more personalized websites, which may be particularly important for reducing health care disparities.
AHRQ-funded; HS022408.
Citation: Lyles CR, Allen JY, Poole D .
"I want to keep the personal relationship with my doctor": Understanding barriers to portal use among African Americans and Latinos.
J Med Internet Res 2016 Oct 3;18(10):e263. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5910.
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Keywords: Disparities, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Clinician-Patient Communication, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Web-Based
Ancker JS, Hafeez B, Kaushal R
Socioeconomic disparities in adoption of personal health records over time.
The authors sought to track personal health record (PHR) adoption and differences by sociodemographic group over time. Using data from the Empire State Poll, they found that during a 4-year period in which federal policies incentivized medical organizations to give medical record access to patients through PHRs and electronic portals, rates of PHR use increased rapidly in all sociodemographic groups, but with a digital divide remaining, linked to Hispanic ethnicity and lower income.
AHRQ-funded; HS021531.
Citation: Ancker JS, Hafeez B, Kaushal R .
Socioeconomic disparities in adoption of personal health records over time.
Am J Manag Care 2016 Aug;22(8):539-40.
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Keywords: Disparities, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Determinants of Health