Using Digital Technology to Engage and Communicate with Patients: A Survey of Patient Attitudes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-92

  Jenssen, Brian P ^a,b   Mitra, Nandita ^a,c   Shah, Anand ^d   Wan, Fei ^c   Grande, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d PCCI   (United States)

Author keywords

email; patient engagement; social media; technology use; text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVACY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STATUS; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER NETWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953368853     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3517-x     Document Type: Article

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