ReviewRisk management and healthcare policy2017
Patient web portals, disease management, and primary prevention.
Review in Risk management and healthcare policy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Electronic Medical Record-Based Electronic Messaging Among Patients with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.Applied clinical informatics · 2023Pooled it
- Barriers to patient, provider, and caregiver adoption and use of electronic personal health records in chronic care: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Pooled it
- Adherence to Electronic Health Tools Among Vulnerable Groups: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of a Knowledge Translation Intervention on Physical Activity and Mobility in Older Adults (the Move4Age Study): Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- The Effects of a Theory-Based Patient Portal e-Learning Program for Older Adults with Chronic Illnesses.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2019Trial
- A Mobility-Focused Knowledge Translation Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Physical Activity: Process Evaluation of the Move4Age Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
- Participation, Retention, and Utilization of a Web-Based Chronic Disease Self-Management Intervention Among Older Adults.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2019Trial
- Identification of Barriers to Digital Patient Portal Adoption Among Patients With Prostate Cancer Undergoing Curative Radiotherapy at a Canadian Provincial Cancer Program: A Quality Improvement Study.JCO clinical cancer informatics · 2026Observational
- Developing the MyCancerGene Digital Health Portal to Improve Patients' Understanding of Germline Cancer Genetic Test Results: Development, User, and Usability Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Lessons learned from the pre-implementation phase of a patient navigation intervention to increase patient portal enrollment in Federally Qualified Health Centers.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Associations between patient portal use and electronic health record (EHR) data timeliness in type 2 diabetes mellitus care.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
- The Use of Digital Health Services Among Patients and Citizens Living at Home: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Extracting Medical Information From Free-Text and Unstructured Patient-Generated Health Data Using Natural Language Processing Methods: Feasibility Study With Real-world Data.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- The Cultural Adaption of a Sobriety Support App for Alaska Native and American Indian People: Qualitative Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Characterizing Patient-Clinician Communication in Secure Medical Messages: Retrospective Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Assessment of hospitals' websites in Portugal.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Legal and Ethical Considerations for the Design and Use of Web Portals for Researchers, Clinicians, and Patients: Scoping Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Development and Validation of a Useful Taxonomy of Patient Portals Based on Characteristics of Patient Engagement.Methods of information in medicine · 2021Article
- Leveraging electronic health records to improve management of noncommunicable diseases at primary healthcare centres in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Harnessing Digital Health Technologies to Remotely Manage Diabetic Foot Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundEfforts aimed at health care reform and continued advances in information technologies have prompted interest among providers and researchers in patient web portals. Patient web portals are password-protected online websites that offer the patients 24-hour access to personal health information from anywhere with an Internet connection.
methodsThis article, which is based upon bibliographic searches in PubMed, reviews important developments in web portals for primary and secondary disease prevention, including patient web portals tethered to electronic medical records, disease-specific portals, health disparities, and health-related community web portals.
resultsAlthough findings have not been uniformly positive, several studies of the effectiveness of health care system patient portals in chronic disease management have shown promising results with regard to patient outcomes. Patient web portals have also shown promising results in increasing adherence with screening recommendations. Racial and ethnic minorities, younger persons, and patients who are less educated or have lower health literacy have been found to be less likely to use patient portals.
conclusionAdditional studies are needed of the utility and effectiveness of different elements of web portals for different patient populations. This should include additional diseases and health topics such as smoking cessation and weight management.
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