Association of online patient access to clinicians and medical records with use of clinical services

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2012-2019

  Palen, Ted E ^a   Ross, Colleen ^a   Powers, J David ^a   Stanley, Xu ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MYHEALTHMANAGER SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869171510     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.14126     Document Type: Article

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