Open AccessUse of a web portal by adult patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus seen in a family medicine outpatient clinic
Author(s) -
Steven S. Coughlin,
Vahé Heboyan,
Lufei Young,
Gianluca De Leo,
Thad Wilkins
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of hospital management and health policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2523-2541
pISSN - 2523-2533
DOI - 10.21037/jhmhp.2018.04.04
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , patient portal , ethnic group , logistic regression , outpatient clinic , type 2 diabetes , psychological intervention , family medicine , health care , endocrinology , nursing , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
There has been increasing interest in the use of web portals by patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Studies of web portal use by patients with pre-diabetes have not been reported. To plan studies of web portal use by adult clinic patients seen for pre-diabetes and T2DM at an academic medical center, we examined characteristics of those who had or had not registered for a web portal.