Published in:
01-11-2019 | Concise Research Reports
Clinician Encouragement and Online Health Record Usage
Authors:
Bradley H. Crotty, MD, MPH, Aaron N. Winn, MPP, PhD, Onur Asan, PhD, Sneha Nagavally, MPH, Rebekah J. Walker, PhD, Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 11/2019
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Excerpt
Despite widespread adoption of electronic health records, under 30% of patients access their health records through portals.
1 Patients who are at socioeconomic disadvantage, or of minority racial groups, have even lower adoption.
2, 3 Digitally engaging patients have several benefits for patient education, engagement, and practice efficiency.
4 These effects are even more helpful among underserved patients.
5 Access and usage of portals have also helped reduce quality gaps, such as vaccinations and screenings.
6 To further realize gains in the digitization of medical data, having patients electronically interact with data and clinicians is critical to reaching a tipping point. …
