Focus Section Health IT Usability: Applying a Task-Technology Fit Model to Adapt an Electronic Patient Portal for Patient Work

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 174-184

  Ali, Sana B ^a   Romero, Juana ^b   Morrison, Kevin ^b   Hafeez, Baria ^a   Ancker, Jessica S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic disease; electronic patient portal; health information management; task technology fit; usability; workload

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PORTALS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85052638233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632396     Document Type: Article

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