The usability of electronic personal health record systems for an underserved adult population

Human Factors

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 491-506

  Czaja, Sara J ^a   Zarcadoolas, Christina ^b   Vaughon, Wendy L ^b   Lee, Chin Chin ^a   Rockoff, Maxine L ^c   Levy, Joslyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic medical records; patient portal; usability

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; JOB ANALYSIS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH MAINTENANCES; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICATION MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PORTAL; PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; USABILITY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928332354     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720814549238     Document Type: Article

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