Background The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
Act imposes pressure on health care organizations to qualify for “Meaningful Use”. It is …

Background More than 100 studies document disparities in patient portal use among
vulnerable populations. Developing and testing strategies to reduce disparities in use is …

The objective of this paper is to synthesize and update findings from systematic review on
health literacy and health outcomes among patients with long-term conditions, and extend …

Background Patient portals have the potential to support self-management for chronic
diseases and improve health outcomes. With the rapid rise in adoption of patient portals …

Objective Online portals provide patients with access to their test results, but it is unknown
how patients use these tools to manage results and what information is available to promote …

Objectives Patients increasingly use patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to self-monitor their
health status. Visualizing PROs longitudinally (over time) could help patients interpret and …

Objective: Most electronic health record systems provide laboratory test results to patients in
table format. We tested whether presenting such results in visual displays (number lines) …

Abstract Background Mobile-and Internet-delivered (collectively, digital) interventions are
widely used by persons with diabetes (PWD) to assist with self-management and …

There is growing public demand that research participants receive all of their results,
regardless of whether clinical action is indicated. Instead of the standard practice of …

Background Patient-centered care has been shown to improve patient outcomes,
satisfaction, and engagement. However, there is a paucity of research on patient-centered …