Interactive preventive health record to enhance delivery of recommended care: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Americans receive only one-half of recommended preventive services. Information technologies have been advocated to engage patients. We tested the effectiveness of an interactive preventive health record (IPHR) that links patients to their clinician's record, explains information in lay language, displays tailored recommendations and educational resources, and generates reminders.

Methods

This randomized controlled trial involved 8 primary care practices. Four thousand five hundred patients were randomly selected to receive a mailed invitation to use the IPHR or usual care. Outcomes were measured using patient surveys and electronic medical record data and included IPHR use and service delivery. Comparisons were made between invited and usual-care patients and betwee

SUBMITTER: Krist AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3392290 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature