Sharing physician notes through an electronic portal is associated with improved medication adherence: Quasi-experimental study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Wright, Eric ^a,b   Darer, Jonathan ^a   Tang, Xiaoqin ^a   Thompson, Jason ^a   Tusing, Lorraine ^a   Fossa, Alan ^c   Delbanco, Tom ^c   Ngo, Long ^c   Walker, Jan ^c  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Patient portal; Progress notes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 84946729477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4872     Document Type: Article

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