Health literacy and health information technology adoption: The potential for a new digital divide

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Mackert, Michael ^a,b,c   Mabry Flynn, Amanda ^d   Champlin, Sara ^e   Donovan, Erin E ^a,b   Pounders, Kathrynn ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical technology; Health literacy; Medical informatics; Personal health information

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; DIGITAL DIVIDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PRIVACY; TRUST; VITAL SIGN; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84994440990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6349     Document Type: Article

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