Research ArticleOriginal Research
Barriers to Patient Portal Access and Use: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey
Sherine El-Toukhy, Alejandra Méndez, Shavonne Collins and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 953-968; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.190402
Sherine El-Toukhy
From the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET, AM); School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis (AM); School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (SC); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJPS); Office of the Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD (EJPS).
PhD, MAAlejandra Méndez
From the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET, AM); School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis (AM); School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (SC); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJPS); Office of the Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD (EJPS).
MPHShavonne Collins
From the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET, AM); School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis (AM); School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (SC); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJPS); Office of the Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD (EJPS).
MDEliseo J. Pérez-Stable
From the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (SET, AM); School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis (AM); School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (SC); Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJPS); Office of the Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD (EJPS).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 33, Issue 6
November-December 2020
Barriers to Patient Portal Access and Use: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey
Sherine El-Toukhy, Alejandra Méndez, Shavonne Collins, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2020, 33 (6) 953-968; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.190402
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