Health information technology can support the development of national learning health and
care systems, which can be defined as health and care systems that continuously use data …

Background Patient portals are becoming increasingly popular worldwide even though their
impact on individual health and health system efficiency is still unclear. Objective The aim of …

Background The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
Act imposes pressure on health care organizations to qualify for “Meaningful Use”. It is …

The United States is making substantial investments to accelerate the adoption and use of
interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems. Using data from the 2009–13 …

Objective We compare 5 health informatics research projects that applied community-based
participatory research (CBPR) approaches with the goal of extending existing CBPR …

Background Patient portals offer patients access to their medical information and tools to
communicate with health care providers. It has been shown that patient portals have the …

Objective To document disparities in registration and use of an online patient portal among
older adults. Materials and methods Data from 534 older adults were linked with information …

This systematic review describes characteristics of portal users and their perceptions of this
emerging technology. Recent empirical evidence (2010-2016) was reviewed to answer …

Objective To explore the experience of early patient adopters who accessed their clinical
notes online using the Blue Button feature of the My Health e Vet portal. Methods A web …

Objective The study sought to determine which patient characteristics are associated with
the use of patient-facing digital health tools in the United States. Materials and Methods We …