Personal Health record reach in the veterans health administration: A cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Shimada, Stephanie Leah ^a,b,c   Brandt, Cynthia A ^d,e   Feng, Hua ^a,c   McInnes, D Keith ^a,b   Rao, Sowmya R ^a,c   Rothendler, James A ^a,b   Haggstrom, David A ^a,f   Abel, Erica A ^d,e   Cioffari, Lisa S ^a,c   Houston, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical conditions; Patient characteristics; Personal health records; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84918504127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3751     Document Type: Article

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