Refilling medications through an online patient portal: Consistent improvements in adherence across racial/ethnic groups

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 23, Issue e1, 2016, Pages 28-33

  Lyles, Courtney R ^a,b,c   Sarkar, Urmimala ^a,b   Schillinger, Dean ^a,b,c   Ralston, James D ^d   Allen, Jill Y ^c   Nguyen, Robert ^c   Karter, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Electronic health records; Medication adherence; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ETHNOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84964924237     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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