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Impact of encounters on patient app use: results of a tethered mobile personal health record usage pattern analysis

Authors: Yae Won Tak, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jae-Ho Lee, Yura Lee

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

Introduction

The adoption of tethered mobile personal health records provides not only medical information to patients but also various convenience functions related to hospital use, thereby increasing accessibility to healthcare services and promoting patient engagement. We analyse the tethered mobile personal health records app’s usage logs to determine how it can contribute to improving medical service accessibility and patient engagement.

Methods

Log data, that comprised menu type, log time, and date, were collected from the mobile personal health records app of a tertiary referral hospital. Clinical information, including patients’ demographics and visit type, was collected from the clinical research warehouse system. The usage log was analysed in terms of the type of visit, service function, and time period.

Results

Outpatients accounted for 34% of the total app usage and was the most app-accessed visit type. The most utilized menu functions were lab test and visit schedule for visits or non-visits. For Inpatient and Health check-ups, menu usage patterns showed a focus on lab test results. While investigations and other menu usage showed double peaks in the morning and afternoon, peak usage of lab test results correlated with inpatient blood sampling times, which was around 9 am.

Discussion

App menus to access health information, particularly blood tests, emerged as the most accessed menu. Hence, when compared with blood sampling times and hospital information system usage patterns, encounters occurring in the hospital majorly impacted patient app use. For improved patient engagement, improving lab test function should be the priority.

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Title: Impact of encounters on patient app use: results of a tethered mobile personal health record usage pattern analysis
Authors: Yae Won Tak
Jeong-Hoon Kim
Jae-Ho Lee
Yura Lee
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11881-5

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