Meaningful use in the safety net: a rapid ethnography of patient portal implementation at five community health centers in California
Author(s) -
Sara Ackerman,
Urmimala Sarkar,
Lina Tieu,
Margaret A. Handley,
Dean Schillinger,
K.H. Hahn,
Mekhala Hoskote,
Gato Gourley,
Courtney R. Lyles
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocx015
Subject(s) - patient portal , safety net , certification , patient safety , medicine , context (archaeology) , usability , health information technology , health care , nursing , relevance (law) , clinical decision support system , medical education , medical emergency , computer science , environmental health , paleontology , human–computer interaction , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth
US health care institutions are implementing secure websites (patient portals) to achieve federal Meaningful Use (MU) certification. We sought to understand efforts to implement portals in "safety net" health care systems that provide services for low-income populations.
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