Patient portals and broadband internet inequality

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 927-932

  Perzynski, Adam T ^a,b,c,d   Roach, Mary Joan ^a,b   Shick, Sarah ^c   Callahan, Bill ^d   Gunzler, Douglas ^a,b   Cebul, Randall ^a,b   Kaelber, David C ^a,b,e   Huml, Anne ^a,b   Thornton, John Daryl ^a,b   Einstadter, Douglas ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The MetroHealth System   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Metro Health System ^*  (United States)

^e Metro Health Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Health disparities; Internet; Patient portals; Personal health record

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INVESTMENT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN HEALTH; AGED; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PATIENT PORTALS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031937778     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocx020     Document Type: Article

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