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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Giving patients access to their medical records via the internet: the PCASSO experience.

Daniel Masys, Dixie Baker, Amy Butros, Kevin E Cowles

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. A randomized controlled trial of a patient-accessible electronic medical record.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2003
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  13. Significant and DistinctiveJCO clinical cancer informatics · 2019
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  18. Health Literacy, Education Levels, and Patient Portal Usage During Hospitalizations.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Daniel MasysBiomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0602, USA. dmasys@ucsd.edu
Dixie Baker
Amy Butros
Kevin E Cowles

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe Patient-Centered Access to Secure Systems Online (PCASSO) project is designed to apply state-of-the-art-security to the communication of clinical information over the Internet.

designThe authors report the legal and regulatory issues associated with deploying the system, and results of its use by providers and patients. Human subject protection concerns raised by the Institutional Review Board focused on three areas-unauthorized access to information by persons other than the patient; the effect of startling or poorly understood information; and the effect of patient access to records on the record-keeping behavior of providers. MEASUREMENTS: Objective and subjective measures of security and usability were obtained.

resultsDuring its initial deployment phase, the project enrolled 216 physicians and 41 patients; of these, 68 physicians and 26 patients used the system one or more times. The system performed as designed, with no unauthorized information access or intrusions detected. Providers rated the usability of the system low because of the complexity of the secure login and other security features and restrictions limiting their access to those patients with whom they had a professional relationship. In contrast, patients rated the usability and functionality of the system favorably.

conclusionHigh-assurance systems that serve both patients and providers will need to address differing expectations regarding security and ease of use.

Indexed as

Access to InformationInternetMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedCaliforniaComputer SecurityConfidentialityHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability ActHumansUnited StatesUser-Computer Interface

Identifiers

PMID11861633
PMCPMC344575

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