Background and Objective Recent external factors—the 21st Century Cures Act and the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—have stimulated major changes in the …

Background Patient engagement when providing patient access to health data results from
an interaction between the available tools and patients' individual capabilities. The recent …

Importance Disparities in patient access and use of health care portals have been
documented. Limited research has evaluated disparities in portal use during and after the …

Background Patient-centered communication (PCC) plays a vital role in effective cancer
management and care. Patient portals are increasingly available to patients and hold …

Background Open notes invite patients and families to read ambulatory visit notes through
the patient portal. Little is known about the extent to which they identify and speak up about …

Objectives: The purpose of our study is to compare in-person and telehealth pediatric care
ambulatory visits for gastroenterology (GI) at the Nemours Children's Health System in the …

Background In the abnormal circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, patient
portals have supported patient empowerment and engagement by providing patients with …

Objective This paper aims to address the relationship between the community health center
(CHC) patient mix and the level of patient engagement health information technology (HIT) …

Objective The study sought to investigate whether consistent use of the Veterans Health
Administration's My Health e Vet (MHV) online patient portal is associated with improvement …

Even with the extolled benefits of patient portals, there has been some challenges to
ensuring patient portal use. This study examines if a patient's level of information technology …