Preferences for Health Information Technologies Among US Adults: Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging health technologies are increasingly being used in health care for communication, data collection, patient monitoring, education, and facilitating adherence to chronic disease management. However, there is a lack of studies on differences in the preference for using information exchange technologies between patients with chronic and nonchronic diseases and factors affecting these differences.

Objective

The purpose of this paper is to understand the preferences and use of information technology for information exchange among a nationally representative sample of adults with and without 3 chronic disease conditions (ie, cardiovascular disease [CVD], diabetes, and hypertension) and to assess whether these preferences differ according to varying demographic v

SUBMITTER: Asan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6245956 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature