Patient-provider secure messaging in VA: Variations in adoption and association with urgent care utilization

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Shimada, Stephanie L ^a,b   Hogan, Timothy P ^a,c   Rao, Sowmya R ^a,c   Allison, Jeroan J ^a,c   Quill, Ann L ^a   Feng, Hua ^a,c   Phillips, Barrett D ^a,c   Nazi, Kim M ^a   Haidary, Susan T ^a   Houston, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care; continuity; implementation; Internet; secure messaging; urgent care; veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECURE MESSAGING; STAFF; URGENT CARE; VETERAN AFFAIR; VOLUNTEER;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84874102025     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182780917     Document Type: Article

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