Patient and provider attitudes toward the use of patient portals for the management of chronic disease: A systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Kruse, Clemens Scott ^a   Argueta, Darcy A ^a   Lopez, Lynsey ^a   Nair, Anju ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Disease management; Electronic health record (EHR); Health information technology (HIT); Internet; Patient portal; Self management

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE;

ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CARE;

EID: 84925597277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3703     Document Type: Review

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