The State of Evidence in Patient Portals: Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient portals have emerged as a recognized digital health strategy. To date, research on patient portals has grown rapidly. However, there has been limited evaluation of the growing body of evidence on portal availability, use, clinical or health behavior and outcomes, and portal adoption over time.

Objective

This paper aims to comprehensively consolidate the current state of evidence on patient portals using the umbrella review methodology, introduce our approach for evaluating evidence for quantitative and qualitative findings presented in included systematic reviews, and present a knowledge translation tool that can be used to inform all stages of patient portal adoption.

Methods

For this study, a modified version of the Joanna Briggs Institute umbrell

SUBMITTER: Antonio MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7688386 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature