Reevaluating the digital divide: Current lack of internet use is not a barrier to adoption of novel health information technology

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-435

  Watson, Alice J ^a,b,d   Bell, Alastair G ^a   Kvedar, Joseph C ^a,b   Grant, Richard W ^b,c  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 44449138572     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1667     Document Type: Article

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