Background: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented an
electronic asynchronous “Secure Messaging” tool within a Web-based patient portal (ie, My …

BACKGROUND: Previous studies examining characteristics of Internet health information
seekers do not distinguish between those who only seek for themselves, and surrogate …

Background Personal health records (PHRs) have the potential to improve patient self-management
for chronic conditions such as diabetes. However, evidence is mixed as to whether …

Mental health (MH) smartphone applications (apps), which can aid in self-management of
conditions such as depression and anxiety, have demonstrated dramatic growth over the past …

The current study examined patient and provider differences in use of phone, video, and in-person
mental health (MH) services. Participants included patients who completed≥ 1 MH …

Background: Addressing the health needs of homeless veterans is a priority in the United
States, and, although information technologies can potentially improve access to and …

Background The need to understand preferred sources of health information remains important
to providing patient-centered care. The Internet remains a popular resource for health …

Background Diabetes is a complex, chronic disease that requires patients’ effective self-management
between clinical visits; this in turn relies on patient self-efficacy. The support of …

Objective: We sought to understand how patients and primary care teams use secure
messaging (SM) to communicate with one another by analyzing secure message threads from 2 …

Background Patients play a critical role in managing their health, especially in the context of
chronic conditions like diabetes. Electronic patient portals have been identified as a …