Impact of a web-based personally controlled health management system on influenza vaccination and health services utilization rates: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 719-727

  Lau, Annie Y S ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a,b,c   Crimmins, Jacinta ^d   Magrabi, Farah ^a   Gallego, Blanca ^a   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d University of New Sourth Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALLY CONTROLLED HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84872231905     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000433     Document Type: Article

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