A multidimensional view of personal health systems for underserved populations

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Horan, Thomas A ^a   Botts, Nathan E ^a   Burkhard, Richard J ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronically ill; Medically underserved; Personal health records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; POVERTY; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POVERTY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77957554147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1355     Document Type: Article

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