ArticleUrology practice2018
Patient Portal Usage in Pediatric Urology: Is it Meaningful Use for Everyone?
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Using Electronic Health Record Portals to Improve Patient Engagement: Research Priorities and Best Practices.Annals of internal medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Patient Portal Use and Care Utilization Among Hospitalized Children.Hospital pediatrics · 2026Article
- Language barriers in pediatric food allergy care: A single-center study on healthcare disparities.PloS one · 2026Article
- Digital Health Technology Use Among Spanish Speakers in the US: A Scoping Review.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Patient portals for the adolescent and young adult population: Benefits, risks and guidance for use.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2021Article
- Descriptive examination of secure messaging in a longitudinal cohort of diabetes patients in the ECLIPPSE study.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
- Providing Access: Differences in Pediatric Portal Activation Begin at Patient Check-in.Applied clinical informatics · 2019Article
- Profiles of a Health Information-Seeking Population and the Current Digital Divide: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2015-2016 California Health Interview Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Internet Access Influences Community Clinic Portal Use.Health equity · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe Affordable Care Act promotes multiple directives for meaningful use of the Electronic Health Record, such as patient/provider portals, to increase patient engagement. Although portal use is common within adult healthcare, little information exists regarding pediatric portal use. We examined pediatric urology patient portal enrollment and activation patterns at a tertiary pediatric hospital in Southern California by race/ethnicity, preferred language, gender, and residential region.
methodsRetrospective Electronic Health Record analysis of enrollment in patient portal from January 2010 to May 2016 among 10,464 patients with at least one outpatient urology clinic visit. Differences in adoption rates were examined using logistic regression for the following categories: activated (or caregiver activated); code accepted not activated; declined; or activated/then deactivated.
resultsOverall, 46.5% of patients/caregivers activated the portal. Primarily Spanish-speaking patients were less likely to activate (OR 0.25,
conclusionsPrimary language and socioeconomic factors may be significant barriers to portal adoption. Patient education to reduce these barriers may increase portal acceptance and increase meaningfulness to the portal for patients/parents and providers.
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