Open AccessPsychosocial Factors Are Associated with Electronic Portal Registration
Author(s) -
Amirreza Fatehi,
Amanda Gonzalez,
David Ring,
Mark Queralt
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001278
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , specialty , anxiety , family medicine , gerontology , psychiatry
Electronic health records often include a portal for secure patient-clinician communication. There is evidence that use of electronic portals increases satisfaction, treatment adherence, safety, and clinical outcomes. We want everyone to enjoy these benefits and we noticed low and uneven portal use. We studied factors that we can address to improve portal use.