ArticleOchsner journal2017
Primary Care Practice Reengineering and Associations With Patient Portal Use, Service Utilization, and Disease Control Among Patients With Hypertension and/or Diabetes.
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- Patient-Centered Digital Health Records and Their Effects on Health Outcomes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Quantifying Patient Portal Use: Systematic Review of Utilization Metrics.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Functions and Outcomes of Personal Health Records for Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review.Perspectives in health information managemen · 2021Pooled it
- Patient Portal Functionalities and Patient Outcomes Among Patients With Diabetes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Improving weight loss and cardiometabolic risk in black patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes: Rationale and protocol for a digital medicine hybrid type 1 implementation trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Assessing Patient Needs During Natural Disasters: Mixed Methods Analysis of Portal Messages Sent During Hurricane Harvey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Patient Portal, Patient-Generated Images, and Medical Decision-Making in a Pediatric Ambulatory Setting.Applied clinical informatics · 2020Article
- Dose effect of patient-care team communication via secure portal messaging on glucose and blood pressure control.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018Observational
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Abstract
backgroundWe describe the role of primary care reengineering in the Ochsner Health System (OHS) patient portal implementation strategy and compare subsequent trends in service utilization and disease control among portal users vs nonusers within this context.
methodsThis retrospective cohort study includes 101,019 patients with hypertension or diabetes who saw an OHS primary care provider (PCP) between 2012 and 2014. Inverse probability treatment weighting was used to reduce case-mix differences between study groups. We used generalized estimating equation modeling to compare changes in encounter rates (PCP, telephone, specialty services, emergency department [ED], inpatient hospitalization), blood pressure (BP), and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
resultsAge, sex, race, comorbidities, insurance, preindex utilization, and portal use were associated with changes in utilization, BP, and HbA1C; however, the strength and direction of these differences varied. An adjusted analysis comparing portal users to nonusers showed an increase in PCP (rate ratio per patient per year of 1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.14-1.22) and telephone encounter rates (1.15, 95% CI 1.08-1.22; both
conclusionOur findings may reflect patient factors and system-level portal implementation strategies that focused heavily on accessibility to care.
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