Patient Portal Usage and Outcomes Among Adult Patients with Uncontrolled Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-clinician communication, essential for favorable asthma outcomes, increasingly relies on information technology including the electronic heath record-based patient portal. For patients with chronic disease living in low-income neighborhoods, the benefits of portal communication remain unclear.

Objective

To describe portal activities and association with 12-month outcomes among low-income patients with asthma formally trained in portal use.

Methods

In a longitudinal observational study within a randomized controlled trial, 301 adults with uncontrolled asthma were taught 7 portal tasks: reviewing upcoming appointments, scheduling appointments, reviewing medications, locating laboratory results, locating immunization records, requesting refills, and me

SUBMITTER: Apter AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064415 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature