Consumers' Patient Portal Preferences and Health Literacy: A Survey Using Crowdsourcing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth apps have the potential to meet the information needs of patient populations and improve health literacy rates. However, little work has been done to document perceived usability of portals and health literacy of specific topics.

Objective

Our aim was to establish a baseline of lung cancer health literacy and perceived portal usability.

Methods

A survey based on previously validated instruments was used to assess a baseline of patient portal usability and health literacy within the domain of lung cancer. The survey was distributed via Amazon's Mechanical Turk to 500 participants.

Results

Our results show differences in preferences and literacy by demographic cohorts, with a trend of chronically ill patients having a more positive reception of

SUBMITTER: Zide M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4917738 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature