Designing a Patient-Centered User Interface for Access Decisions about EHR Data: Implications from Patient Interviews

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-16

  Caine, Kelly ^a,b,c   Kohn, Spencer ^a   Lawrence, Carrie ^b,d   Hanania, Rima ^b,c   Meslin, Eric M ^b,e   Tierney, William M ^c,f  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b Center for Law   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Indiana University   (United States)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health records; fair information practice; human factors; patient preferences; privacy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HUMAN RELATION; INDIANA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84925484026     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3049-9     Document Type: Article

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