Do Diabetic Veterans Use the Internet? Self-Reported Usage, Skills, and Interest in Using My HealtheVet Web Portal
Author(s) -
Alex H. Cho,
Nedal H. Arar,
David Edelman,
Patricia H. Hartwell,
Eugene Ž. Oddone,
William S. Yancy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
telemedicine journal and e-health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1556-3669
pISSN - 1530-5627
DOI - 10.1089/tmj.2009.0164
Subject(s) - the internet , medicine , internet access , veterans affairs , socioeconomic status , family medicine , demographics , patient portal , health care , gerontology , world wide web , population , demography , political science , computer science , environmental health , sociology , law
The Veterans Health Administration has developed My HealtheVet (MHV), a Web-based portal that links veterans to their care in the veteran affairs (VA) system. The objective of this study was to measure diabetic veterans' access to and use of the Internet, and their interest in using MHV to help manage their diabetes.
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