Bridging the digital divide: mobile access to personal health records among patients with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Some patients lack regular computer access and experience a digital divide that causes them to miss internet-based health innovations. The diffusion of smartphones has increased internet access across the socioeconomic spectrum, and increasing the channels through which patients can access their personal health records (PHRs) could help bridge the divide in PHR use. We examined PHR use through a computer-based Web browser or mobile device.

Study design

Cross-sectional historical cohort analysis.

Methods

Among adult patients in the diabetes registry of an integrated healthcare delivery system, we studied the devices used to access their PHR during 2016.

Results

Among 267,208 patients with diabetes, 68.1% used the PHR in 2016; 60.6% of all log-ins were

SUBMITTER: Graetz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382280 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature