Use of an electronic patient portal among disadvantaged populations

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1117-1123

  Ancker, Jessica S ^a   Barrón, Yolanda ^a   Rockoff, Maxine L ^b   Hauser, Diane ^c   Pichardo, Michelle ^c   Szerencsy, Adam ^c,d   Calman, Neil ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Institute for Family Health   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; health disparities; health information technology; insurance status; personal health record

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PATIENT PORTAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEGRO; PORTAL ACCESS CODE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755140134     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1749-y     Document Type: Article

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