Functional impairment and internet use among older adults: Implications for meaningful use of patient portals

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1188-1190

  Greysen, S Ryan ^a   Chin Garcia, Carie ^b   Sudore, Rebecca L ^a,c   Cenzer, Irena Stijacic ^a,c   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEANINGFUL USE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904098985     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1864     Document Type: Letter

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