Baseline eHealth Behaviors of Service Members: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Analysis of Patient Portal Use Before the Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The use of electronic health (eHealth) tools has the potential to support the overall health, wellness, fitness status, and ability to deploy worldwide of active duty service members (SMs). Additionally, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic forced healthcare organizations to quickly convert to virtual care settings to decrease face-to-face interactions and increase access to healthcare using technology. The shift to virtual care and the push to increase use of eHealth tools heightened the need to understand how military members interact with eHealth tools. Little is known about the factors that influence SMs use of eHealth tools and if having a health condition increases or decreases use. To evaluate these factors, we completed a cross-sectional, retrospective analysi

SUBMITTER: Raps SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9384380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature