Factors Affecting the Extent of Patients' Electronic Medical Record Use: An Empirical Study Focusing on System and Patient Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' access to and use of electronic medical records (EMRs) places greater information in their hands, which helps them better comanage their health, leading to better clinical outcomes. Despite numerous benefits that promote health and well-being, patients' acceptance and use of EMRs remains low. We study the impact of predictors that affect the use of EMR by patients to understand better the underlying causal factors for the lower use of EMR.

Objective

This study aims to examine the critical system (eg, performance expectancy and effort expectancy) and patient characteristics (eg, health condition, issue involvement, preventive health behaviors, and caregiving status) that influence the extent of patients' EMR use.

Methods

We used secondary data coll

SUBMITTER: Agrawal L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8587186 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature