Use of Electronic Health Record Patient Portal Accounts Among Patients With Smartphone-Only Internet Access

Kea Turner; Oliver Nguyen; Young-Rock Hong; Amir Alishahi Tabriz; Krupal Patel; Heather S L Jim

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18229

Use of Electronic Health Record Patient Portal Accounts Among Patients With Smartphone-Only Internet Access

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2118229. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18229.

Authors

Kea Turner¹, Oliver Nguyen², Young-Rock Hong³, Amir Alishahi Tabriz¹, Krupal Patel⁴, Heather S L Jim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
² Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville.
³ Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville.
⁴ Department of Head and Neck Endocrinology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses data from the 2017-2020 Health Information National Trends Survey to examine whether smartphone-only internet access is associated with patient portal use.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Internet Access / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Portals / statistics & numerical data*
Smartphone / statistics & numerical data*
United States