Barriers and facilitators to online portal use among patients and caregivers in a safety net health care system: A qualitative study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Tieu, Lina ^a   Sarkar, Urmimala ^a   Schillinger, Dean ^a   Ralston, James D ^b   Ratanawongsa, Neda ^a   Pasick, Rena ^c   Lyles, Courtney R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Chronic disease; Electronic health records; Health literacy; Personal health records; Safety net providers

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84954314903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4847     Document Type: Article

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