Trial reportApplied clinical informatics2018
Communicating with Vulnerable Patient Populations: A Randomized Intervention to Teach Inpatients to Use the Electronic Patient Portal.
Trial report in Applied clinical informatics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Impact of Digital Patient Portals on Health Outcomes, System Efficiency, and Patient Attitudes: Updated Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Using Electronic Health Record Portals to Improve Patient Engagement: Research Priorities and Best Practices.Annals of internal medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to increase patient portal use in vulnerable populations: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Pooled it
- Differences by Race in Outcomes of an In-Person Training Intervention on Use of an Inpatient Portal: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Timely nudges promote patient portal enrollment and sustained engagement: a randomized controlled trial.JAMIA open · 2026Article
- Understanding digital inclusion through the transformation of services and users: a narrative review and novel framework.BMJ digital health & AI · 2026Review
- 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
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- A Medical Student-Led Multipronged Initiative to Close the Digital Divide in Outpatient Primary Care.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Article
- Inpatient Satisfaction on Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Acute Settings: A Systematic Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Review
- Patient Portal Privacy: Perspectives of Adolescents and Emerging Adults Living with HIV and the Parental/Guardian Role in Supporting Their Care.Applied clinical informatics · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with Reducing Disparities in Electronic Personal Heath Records Use Among Non-Hispanic White and Hispanic Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Multilevel Determinants of Digital Health Equity: A Literature Synthesis to Advance the Field.Annual review of public health · 2023Review
- Characteristics of Adult Primary Care Patients Who Use the Patient Portal: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Applied clinical informatics · 2022Article
- Improving Provisioning of an Inpatient Portal: Perspectives from Nursing Staff.Applied clinical informatics · 2022Article
- Who is more likely to adopt and comply with the electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) mobile application? A real-world study with cancer patients undergoing active treatment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Patient portals for the adolescent and young adult population: Benefits, risks and guidance for use.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2021Article
- Analysis of Employee Patient Portal Use and Electronic Health Record Access at an Academic Medical Center.Applied clinical informatics · 2020Article
- Facilitating Organizational Change to Accommodate an Inpatient Portal.Applied clinical informatics · 2019Article
- Is research on patient portals attuned to health equity? A scoping review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatient portals are expanding as a means to engage patients and have evidence for benefit in the outpatient setting. However, few studies have evaluated their use in the inpatient setting, or with vulnerable patient populations.
objectiveThis article assesses an intervention to teach hospitalized vulnerable patients to access their discharge summaries using electronic patient portals.
methodsPatients at a safety net hospital were randomly assigned to portal use education or usual care. Surveys assessed perceptions of discharge paperwork and the electronic portal.
resultsOf the 202 prescreened eligible patients (e.g., deemed mentally competent, spoke English, and had a telephone), only 43% had working emails. Forty-four percent of participants did not remember receiving or reading discharge paperwork. Patients trained in portal use (
conclusionPatients had positive perceptions of portals, and education increased portal use. Lack of email access is a notable barrier to electronic communication with vulnerable patients.
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