Patient access to an electronic health record with secure messaging: Impact on primary care utilization

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Zhou, Yi Yvonne ^a,c   Garrido, Terhilda ^a   Chin, Homer L ^b   Wiesenthal, Andrew M ^b   Liang, Louise L ^a  

^a Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Program Offices   (United States)

^b Northwest Permanente ^*  (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SECURITY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447549051     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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