Characteristics of patient portals developed in the context of health information exchanges: Early policy effects of incentives in the meaningful use program in the United States

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Otte Trojel, Terese ^a   De Bont, Antoinette ^a   Van De Klundert, Joris ^a   Rundall, Thomas G ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Meaningful use; Medical informatics; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT RIGHT; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; MEANINGFUL USE; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914682378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3698     Document Type: Article

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