Using IT to improve access, communication, and asthma in African American and Hispanic/Latino Adults: Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized controlled trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-128

  Apter, Andrea J ^a,b,f   Bryant Stephens, Tyra ^b,c   Morales, Knashawn H ^b,d   Wan, Fei ^b,d   Hardy, Sharmaine ^c   Reed Wells, Shakira ^c   Dominguez, Maria ^c   Gonzalez, Rodalyn ^a,b   Mak, NaDea ^c   Nardi, Alyssa ^e   Park, Hami ^d   Howell, John T ^b,f   Localio, Russell ^b,d  

^a Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community health worker; Electronic Health Record; Health literacy; Patient portal

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939636505     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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