Patient portals and health apps: Pitfalls, promises, and what one might learn from the other

Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 81-85

  Baldwin, Jessica L ^a,b   Singh, Hardeep ^a,b   Sittig, Dean F ^c   Giardina, Traber Davis ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; GLUCOSE SENSOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE APPLICATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

COMPUTER LITERACY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PORTALS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 85001114515     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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